THERAPEUTIC UTILITIES OF YOGA

Yoga is not merely asanas, pranayama, meditation or kriyas. Yoga is the science of healthy living featured by Peace and poise. Health and Happiness. Knowledge and Efficiency. Self control and service zeal. ^^iwT;rs vusu bfr ;ksx%** From Animal, to human ordinary, extra ordinary, super person and divine person becoming a cosmic personality. Cosmic Divine Super Special Human Animal Yoga is a conscious process to accelerate the evolution into a single life. A few years or just few days. Swami Vivekananda Yoga uses the power to Elevate us to great heights.

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It gives us a power of discrimination. Yoga is a systematic conscious process for developing health.

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The integrated approach of yoga therapy

Breath control - Calmness of Mind Removal of Emotional imbalances. Relaxing the Body. Stamina Building (Taittraya Upanishad Yoga Vasistha) The well being of the body depends on three factors Breathing eating, sleep. They are interrelated and interdependent. Breathing. In yoga breathing is considered as the intake of vital energy and it establishes our connection to the universe. The vital energy pervades all organic and inorganic things. A rhythmical deep breathing brings us in harmony with universe, to bring our mind to the breathing process. This can relax both body and mind. This is what yoga teaches. Eating. Food is very vital for our existence what we eat, how we eat and how much we eat play a very important

role in our life. Excessive eating and eating wrong food causes lot of problems and incurable diseases. Just as over eating makes a body fat and heavy, so under eating makes it weak and nervous. The proper balance must therefore be found between the needs of the body and the quality of food absorbed Ayurveda. A well balanced diet contains a sufficient supply of protein carbohydrate, fats, salts and minerals and the quantity of food absorbed should correspond to the needs of body. It is not only the quantity of nourishment the body needs but also the quality which the body cells need. What we eat should be fresh, clean and unadulterated food. Fried and spicy food should be avoided. Yoga has prescribed its own balanced diet of pure, light and nutritious food, wholesome, fresh, alkaline and medicinal.

Types of Food according to Yoga Sattvic Rajsik Tamsik Positive Negative Devitalising Non irritant Food Irritant FoodDecompose Food Good Moderate Bad So yoga helps us to maintain our food habits to sattvic and thus positive - Good for us. Sleep Rest - Relaxation : Patanjali has defined sleep as that modification of the mind, which is maintained by the absence of new knowledge.

vHkko&izR;;kyEcuk o`fRrfuZnzkAA Patanjali yoga sutra. 1-10 Sleep is a wave of thought about nothingness i.e. dreamless sleep is not an absence of thought wave in the mind, but a positive experience of nothingness. If there

were no thought wave in the mind during sleep, we should not wake remembering that we know nothing. Normal sleep requirement for an adult is between 7 to 8 hours a day. Children and sick people need more sleep. Early to Rise and early to bed. Best time to sleep is between 10 to 4 a.m. from 3.30 to just before Sun rise is Brahma Muhurtha. Besides this between 10 to 3 the cosmic position of the earth provides the most favourable radiation for the re-generation of our nervous system. So it is considered to be the best time to sleep. Rest Recreation. Yoga helps us to rest and relax through the practice of breathing and Shavasana. This helps to recharge the body with vital life force energy. Mind becomes calm bringing inner tranquillity so we experience true rest. It also helps in sleep also. Now let us analyse each branch of yoga separately. Raja Yoga helps us to gain mastery over mind concentration and silencing the mind. It teaches us Bahiranga yoga in which we gain mastery over mind in an

indirect way through the set of yamas (donts) and Niyama a set of (Dos) Asana - Pranayama (Mastery through Breath) Pratyahara mastery through senses. Antaranga Yoga is direct way to give the mastery over the mind through Dharana focussing, Dhyana - Meditation, Samadhi Super consciousness - from Tamas to Rajas to Satva thus Raja yoga calms down the mind. eu% izkeuksiki% ;ksx% Yoga is a way of life. Bhakti Yoga teaches us to mastering emotions, which is the main cause for many of our problems. dke] ks/k] yksHk] eksg] en ekr;FkZ& Six enemies of man. But Bhakti Yoga teaches us to sublimate our desires and not suppress them as it is a science of emotion culture through devotional sessions, involving the awareness, Surrender. God realisation is the real entry not the end. Yoga purifies at all levels. Gain Mastery over emotions. Eradicate all illness grow healthier happier and spread the message of Love, Harmony and peace and spread the

Fragrance of happiness, Bliss, silence every where at all times by Anusandhana. Jnana Yoga - The yoga of wisdom. Hearing, recalling, analysing, smelling, meditating - realisation. Use Replace Questions Queries Drop the by search and of gross by intellect thoughts to by Transcend. questions. queries. search. one to pure

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consciousness. Search for happiness and quest for reality. Jnana yoga teaches us happiness is not in objects of enjoyment or any external agents but silencing the mind and gain pure experience. Thus it will change us, ennoble us and divinise us. Karma Yoga - The secret of Action. Action in Bliss - The secret of Karma Yoga is ;ksxL;% dq: dekZfp%

It teaches us Action in relaxation Stress free action. Blissful awareness throughout. Increase in efficiency. Fragrance of Love, Harmony and Bliss. Through Karma Yoga one can lead a Healthy, Happy, purposeful life. Health is a state of well being at the physical, mental, social and spiritual levels and not merely an absence of illness or infirmary (WHO). Yoga therapy is undoubtedly the surest means of preventing illness or helping to cure it. Yoga is an experience of complete peace of mind and self knowledge. It trains the mind psychologically and increases power of perception. Due to concentration. Yoga help us perceive the subtle realities of life, illuminating our existence and moral sense. It gives a direction to our life and spiritual awakening towards a perfect self expression

and helps us to merge with the universal self. When yoga is followed correctly and with devotion it becomes a sure way of restoring balance, helping us to develop a determination and resistance and above all find serenity and inner peace. With regard to our physical body yoga acts both as a curative and preventive between measure. and It aims and at the

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harmonious evolution. If we wish to possess perfect health, be immune to illness and live a long life, if we seriously wish to discover a method that enables us to maintain our health and recuperate our forces, if we are looking for real development of the muscles and not just their external appearance, if we want to stall old age and delay death. In other words, if we want to make our lives happy, then we should follow the Yoga method, for it is complete and rational, both from the point of view of hygiene and that of spiritual evolution. simultaneously. It satisfies the body, mind and soul