Proudly celebrate a Happy Way of Life this World Health Day

The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7^th April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). Each year WHO organizes international, regional and local events on the Day related to a particular theme. This year, the theme of the day is to tackle Depression: Let's Talk.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression-- the main cause of ill health and disability across the globe, according to figures from the World Health Organization.

The world hence needs to find more options of ‘Being Happy’. We take a look at how some unique services available today can bring smiles and joy to millions of people.

Comedy =  Smile = Happiness

• Laughing can reduce stress and anxiety because it naturally relaxes you. Laughter induces your heart rate to slow down and your blood pressure to decrease. Laughing can decrease feelings of alienation and lowers our risk for depression.
• So let loose and laugh aloud with Tata Sky Comedy – first ever interactive service on DTH in India that provides a single destination for all formats of Hindi comedy content, exclusively on Tata Sky

Dance = Health = Happiness

• Movement Therapy has been used for many centuries to improve the mental and physical well- being of a person. Since dancing is an art, it increases self-expression and helps people connect with themselves and others.
• So skip a beat or two with Tata Sky Dance Studio- first-ever interactive dance service on a DTH platform which enables Tata Sky’s subscribers to learn dance forms from Madhuri Dixit in the comfort of their homes.

Explore meaning of Life = Calm mind = Happiness

• Music therapy, which typically combines traditional "talk therapy" with listening to music or creating it, may work to alleviate depression in several ways. Listening to soothing music helps in relaxing, thus helping in letting go of feelings that are troubling.
• Choose and enjoy your kind of music on Tata Sky Music+ one-stop music video destination with four music genres (Mehfil, Indie Rootz, Jazz & Blues, and International) on a DTH platform, curated by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Fitness = Active Self = Happiness

• Regular exercise helps in making people happy in a number of ways, which may include: Releasing feel-good brain chemicals that eases depression.
• Don’t waste any more time and join Tata Sky Fitness that enables subscribers to access a world of fitness experts that train the country’s film-stars, from the comfort of their homes.

Explore meaning of Life = Calm mind = Happiness

• Developing oneself spiritually can lay the groundwork so that if you are depressed, you may change your view which may allow you to rise above a depressed state of mind. In other cases, it can lift you right out of any despair that you may feel and make you happy.
• Find answers to life’s journey and devote some time to Tata Sky Gurus and explore the meaning of life.

These 24x7 services can be subscribed or watched at any point in time on Tata Sky’s DTH service or their mobile app.