These pictures of graceful yoga poses in the most tranquil of settings may do the trick in getting more people to do the downward dog as International Yoga Day arrives on June 21. /VCG Photo

Yogis were photographed practicing their art amid blooming water lilies in Yangzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province on Tuesday. /VCG Photo

They arranged their mats in formations to add a splash of pink to their verdant surroundings. /VCG Photo

The United Nations proclaimed June 21 International Yoga Day on December 11, 2014. /VCG Photo