THE THREE TYPES OF TENSION AND ITS RECOVERY !

 

                              

                          THE THREEFOLD TENSIONS

                            WHETHER YOU THINK TOO MUCH OR YOU DON'T THINK AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. IF YOU WORK PHYSICALLY OR YOU DO NOT WORK AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. WHETHER YOU SLEEP TOO MUCH OR NOT AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. WHETHER YOU TAKE A HEAVY PROTEIN DIET, A CARBOHYDRATE DIET, OR A VEGETARIAN DIET, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. AND THESE TENSIONS ARMASS IN THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY. THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE MUSCULAR, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL SYSTEMS.

                            IN YOGA WE DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF TENSION WITH A WIDE PERISCOPE. WE REALIZE THAT IF THE MIND IS TENSE, THE STOMACH WILL ALSO BE TENSE. AND IF THE STOMACH IS TENSE, THE WHOLE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IS ALSO TENSE. IT IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE OF EVENTS. THEREFORE, IN YOGA, RELAXATION FROM TENSION IS ONE OF THE CHIEF CONCERNS.

                           THESE INNER TENSIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTE TO COLLECTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL TENSIONS WHICH CAN MANIFEST IN UNHAPPY FAMILY LIFE, CHAOS AND DISORDERS IN SOCIAL LIFE, AND AGGRESION AND WARFARE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS. RELIGIONS HAVE FAILED TO GIVE PEACE OF MIND TO THE INDIVIDUAL. LAW, POLICE, ARMIES AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ESTABLISH HARMONY BETWEEN PEOPLE. THE YOGIC TEXTS ALL UNEQUIVOCALLY STATE THAT PEACE CAN ONLY BE FOUND WITHIN, NEVER WITHOUT. THEREFORE, IF WE WISH TO CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD, WE MUST FIRST LEARN HOW TO RELAX AND HARMONIZE OUR OWN BODY AND MIND.

                           YOGIC PHILOSOPHY, AS WELL AS MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, ENUMERATES THREE BASIC TYPES OF TENSION WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE AGONIES OF MODERN LIFE. THROUGH THE SYSTEMIC PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, THESE THREEFOLD TENSIONS CAN BE PROGRESSIVELY RELEASED.

                ❤💟            MUSCULAR TENSIONS

•                                MUSCULAR TENSIONS ARE RELATED TO THE BODY ITSELF, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINAL IMBALANCES. THESE ARE EASILY REMOVED BY THE DEEP PHYSICAL RELAXATION ATTAINED IN THE STATE OF YOGA NIDRA.

                     ❤💟        EMOTIONAL TENSIONS

•                            EMOTIONAL TENSIONS, WHICH STEM FROM VARIOUS DUALITIES SUCH AS LOVE - HATE, PROFIT - LOSS -  FAILURE, HAPPINESS -  UNHAPPINESS, ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO ERASE. THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO EXPRESS OUR EMOTIONS FREELY AND OPENLY. OFTEN WE REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THEM, SO THEY ARE REPRESSED, AND THE RESULTING TENSIONS BECOME MORE AND MORE DEEPLY ROOTED. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO RELAX THESE TENSIONS THROUGH ORDINARY ROOTED. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO RELAX THESE TENSIONS THROUGH ORDINARY SLEEP OR RELAXATION. A METHOD STRUCTURE OF THE MIND.

            ❤💟            MENTAL TENSIONS

•                      MENTAL TENSIONS ARE THE RESULT OF EXCESSIVE MENTAL ACTIVITY. THE MIND IS A WHIRLPOOL OF FANTASIES, CONFUSIONS AND OSCILLATIONS. THROUGHOUT ARE ACCUMULATED IN THE MENTAL BODY. FROM TIME TO TIME THESE EXPLODE, AFFECTING OUR BODY, MIND, BEHAVIOUR AND REACTIONS. WHEN WE SAD, ANGRY OR IRRITATED, WE OFTEN ATTRIBUTE THAT CONDITION OF THE MIND TO SOME SUPERFICIAL CAUSE. BUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE BEHIND MAN'S ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR LIES IN THE ACCUMULATED TENSIONS ON THE MENTAL PLANE. YOGA NIDRA IS THE SCIENCE OF RELAXATION WHICH ENABLES EACH OF US DIVE DEEP DOWN INTO THE REALMS OF THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND, THEREBY RELEASING AND RELAXING MENTAL TENSIONS, AND ESTABLISHING HARMONY IN ALL FACETS OF OUR BEING.

              💫❤      RESTING MORE EFFICIENCY

•                          MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT RELAXATION IS VERY SIMPLE, JUST RECLINE AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. YET, EXCEPTING THE SCIENTISTS, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT RELAXATION REALLY MEANS. YOU ARE TIRED SO YOU GO TO BED AND THINK THAT IS RELAXATION. BUT UNLESS YOU ARE FREE FROM MUSCULAR, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TENSIONS, YOU ARE NEVER RELAXED. DESPITE A SUPERFICIAL SENSE OF WELLBEING, MOST PEOPLE ARE FULL OF TENSIONS ALL THE TIME. THEY HABITUALLY BITE THEIR NAILS, SCRATCH THEIR HEAD, STROKE THEIR CHIN, OR TAP THEIR FEET. OR THEY MAY PACE ABOUT RESTLESSLY, TALK COMPULSIVELY, DISPLAY CONSTANT IRRITABILITY , OR CHAIN SMOKE.

                💫❤        SECRET OF TRANSFORMATION

•                                 THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, WE ARE NOT ONLY RELAXING, BUT RESTRUCTURING AND REFORMING OUR WHOLE PERSONALITY FROM WITHIN. LIKE THE MYTHOLOGICAL PHOENIX, WITH EVERY SESSION WE ARE BURNING THE OLD SAMSKARAS, HABITS AND TENDENCIES IN ORDER TO BE BORN ANEW. THIS PROCESS IS NOT ONLY MUCH QUICKER THAN OTHER SYSTEMS WHICH WORK ON AN EXTERNAL BASIS ONLY, BUT THE RESULTS ARE ALSO MORE RELIEABLEAND PERMANENT.