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YOGA MADE EASY (June, 2003)

YOGA MADE EASY
Yoga is NOT adopting various, sometimes difficult, body postures or Sit cross-legged, closing the eyes and breathe deeply through one or both Nostrils! Nor does it involve sitting and meditating in some remote jungle Or mountain top!

Yoga is something anyone of us, belonging to any age group or sex can practice in our daily life. It can be practiced irrespective of one's cast or creed and by anyone in any profession. All it needs, for anyone of us to benefit from yoga, is simply a desire and inclination to practice it. You need to have some basic information about yoga and you should devote some little time for YOURSELF to practice it. You should be able to allot about 20 to 30 minutes daily for this self elevating and greatly beneficial programme. For practicing yoga, you don't need any special or expensive equipment; nor do you need any place or deer skin to sit on. You can do it in your own drawing room or bed room.

What is Yoga and what are its benefits ?
Yoga is a means of "all round personality development at physical, mental, intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels"

"It is an ancient art and system harmonising the development of body, mind and spirit".

Yoga will help you live a long, healthy and happy life - efficiently, effectively and safely.

It is also described as a "process of gaining control over the mind; it is a skilful trick to calm down the mind".

"Yoga" means "to join"; it joins "jivathma" with "paramathma"; the "individual self" with the "universal self".

The ultimate goal of practicing Yoga is to understand and experience the "GOD" within or the "Athman" in each of us ,we experience several physical and psychological benefits as we keep practicing the principles of this art and science. One's general health - functions and efficiency of various systems and organs in our body improves slowly and steadily. All the mental faculties - power of concentration, memory , interactions with society , ability to remain calm in the face of various kinds of provocations etc greatly increases. One attains physical and mental "equanimity" and becomes unmoved by pleasure or pain. The "Yogi" remains perfectly balanced, calm and quiet at all times.

Methods & techniques of Yoga :
The ultimate goal of our life can be achieved treading along different interconnected routes or streams of Yoga. The four methods can be simply described as "work", "worship", "philosophy" and "psychic control". These four streams are also called as "Karma Yoga", "Bhakthi Yoga", "Jnana Yoga" and "Raja Yoga". One can follow any one or more of these pathways to achieve our goal in life.

In conclusion - practicing some of the simple techniques of Yoga in our daily life, we can make our sojourn in our life happily, peacefully and gracefully.

Some of the simple practical methods and techniques of Yoga will be explained in our forthcoming communications.

For more details please peruse the following :
"Yoga" by Dr. R Nagarathna & Dr. HR Nagendra;
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana,
Bangalore- 560018.
www.yogadass.com

With Best Wishes,

 

Dr. M.Mohan Rao, MBBS,MS,FICS,MCH,

M.D. & Chief Surgeon, Dr. U Mohan Rau Memorial Hospital.
E-mail: mmr@mohanraohospital.com

 

Updated on 01.06.2003.
  

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