WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR VAGINAL INFECTION AND THYROID?

 

                                   VAGINAL INFECTIONS 

SOLUTIONS

                                      THE SPECIFICALLY FEMININE PROBLEM OF LEUCORRHOEA OR EXCESSIVE VAGINAL DISCHARGE IS ONE WHICH BEEN NEGLECTED FOR FAR TOO LONG. FROM SHEER LACK  OF INFORMATION AND A SENSE OF SECRECY, MANY WOMEN BECOME WORRIED, ASHAMED AND AFRAID OF THIS ESSENTIALLY SIMPLE AND MANAGEABLE DISORDER. THE SAME APPLIES TO MANY SIMPLE AND EASILY TREATED INFECTIONS. THE UNDERLYING IMBALANCE WHICH CAUSES LEUCORRHOEA AND CHEMICAL CHANGES ALSO ALLOWS INFECTIONS TO ARISE. LEUCORRHEA AND INFECTIONS CAN BE SEEN AS PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING IMBALANCES AND LOSS OF VITALITY IN THE LOWER PELVIC REGION.

NATURAL VAGINAL SECRETIONS

HEALTHY VAGINAL DISCHARGE IS USUALLY TRANSPARENT OR SLIGHTLY MILKY AND MAY BE A LITTLE SLIPPERY. HOWEVER, THE TEXTURE VARIES WITH THE PHASES OF THE MENTRUAL CYCLE. SOMETIMES IT IS THIN AND WATERY, AT OTHER TIMES IT IS VERY WHITE, AND QUITE THICK AND STICKY LIKE JELLY. THE AMOUNT OF SECRETION ALSO VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME AND FROM WOMAN TO WOMAN. IT MAY BECOME NOTICABLE EVEN IN YOUNG GIRLS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE PUBERTY.  IF THE VAGINA IS HEALTHY, THERE IS NO SMELL AND NO IRRITATION OR REDNESS OF THE VAGINA AND SURROUNDING AREA.

DIET IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN LEUCORRHOEA. EXCESS MUCUS FROM TOO MUCH MILK, WHILE FLOUR AND POLISHED RICE IS EXPELLED IN THE FORM OF BODILY DISCHARGES, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE VAGINA. HIGHLY SPICED AND FATTY FOOD, AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF SUGAR ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROBLEM. DIETS HIGH IN PROCESSED SUGAR AND REFINED CARBOHYDRATES ALSO CREATE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR VAGINAL INFECTIONS BECAUSE THEY CHANGE THE ACIDITY LEVEL OF THE VAGINA AND ALLOW HARMFUL BACTERIA TO PROLIFERATE. NUMEROUS WOMEN HAVE REPORTED THAT SIMPLY ADJUSTING THEIR DIET HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED VAGINAL DISCHARGE. LEUCORRHOEA VERY OFTEN OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION WIH CONSTIPATION WHICH IS WELL-KNOWN TO RESULT NOT ONLY FROM FAULTY DIET BUT ALSO FROM STRESS AND TENSION.

SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS A COMMON MEANS OF TRANSMISSION OF BOTH URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER. EXCESSIVE OR UNSATISFACTORY SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS USUALLY BASED IN MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TENSION, BOREDOM AND FRUSTRATION. IT IS SELF-CENTRED, IN THAT ONE PARTNER SEEKS PLEASURE WITHOUT THINKING OF THE OTHER'S NEEDS AND WANTS. THIS DEPLETES ENERGY FROM THE LOWER PSYCHIC CENTRES, RENDERING BOTH THE GENITAL AND URINARY TRACTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTION VIA SEXUAL TRANSFER.

HOW TO BALANCE

THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF LEUCORRHOEA AND INFECTIONS ARE GENERALLY LOW VITALITY AND HORMONAL IMBALANCE. FOR WOMEN THE TWO ARE SO INTIMATELY LINKED THAT THEY CAN BESEEN AS SIMPLY TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF STATING THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE THIS IS THE CASE, YOGIC PRACTICES CAN HAVE DECIDED BENEFITS IN RELIEVING PERSISTENTLY EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE. IN THE CASE OF INFECTIONS THE FOLLOWING PRACTICES SHOULD BE INCORPORATED WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT, SO THAT WHILE MEDICINES REMOVE THE SYMPTOMS, YOG REMOVES THE IMBALANCE AT THE ROOT OF THE DISEASE.

1. ASANA : SURYA NAMASKARA, VAJRASANA, SHASHANKASANA, MARJARI-ASANA, USHTRASANA AND SHAKTI BANDHA SERIES, SARVANGASANA, VIPAREETA KARANI MUDRA, BHUJANGASANA, SHALABHSANA, ARE FOR THE MORE ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS.
2.  PRANAYAMA : NADI SHODHANA, BHASTRIKA AND UJJAYI FURTHER ENHANCE VITALITY AND BALANCE THE MIND AND EMOTIONS.
3.  BANDHA : THE MOST RELEVANT TO LEUCORRHOEA ARE MOOLA  BANDHA AND UDDIYANA BANDHA.
4.  MEDITATION : YOGA NIDRA AND ANTAR MOUNA SHORT CIRCUIT THE SPIRAL OF TENSION THAT DISTURBS HORMONAL BALANCE AND DEPLETES PRANA SHAKTI.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

• STRICT PERSONAL HYGIENE IS THE FIRST STEP IN DEALING WITHLEUCORRHOEA. IT IS NOT ONLY PREVENTS INFECTIONS AND MINIMIZES DISCOMFORT, BUT ALSO HELPS TO PUT THE MIND AT REST. WASH THE ANUS AND VULVA REGULARLY. PAT THE VALVA DRY AND TRY TO KEEP IT DRY. MANY VAGINAL INFECTIONS ARE DUE TO SPILLING ORGANISMS FROM THE ANUS TO THE VAGINA, SO ALWAYS WASH OR ORIENTAL SQUATTING POSTURE ON TOILET SEATS. IT IS NOT ONLY MORE EFFICIENT BUT ALSO MORE HYGIENIC.

• AVOID NYLON UNDERWEAR, TIGHTS OR PANTYHOSE. NYLON RETAINS BOTH MOISTURE AND HEAT, PROVIDING A "HOTHOUSE" ENVIROMENT THAT ENCOURAGES HARMFUL BACTERIA. WEAR ONLY LOOSE-FITTING COTTON UNDERWEAR OR, WHEN THE DISCHARGE IS NOT SO HEAVY, NONE AT ALL. MANY UNDESIRABLE ORGANISMS ARE KILLED SIMPLY BY EXPOSURE TO AIR, WHICH ALSO FRESHERS AND COOLS THE VAGINAL AREA.

• DOUCHING OR WASHING THE INTERIOR OF THE VAGINA CAN BE AN AID IN PREVENTING INFECTION PROVIDED IT IS NOT OVERDONE. THE HEALTHY VAGINA IS RATHER ACID, AND THIS ACIDITY ACTS AS A BARRIER TO INFECTION. SINCE BLOOD IS ALKALINE, THE ACIDITY LEVELS DROPS DURING MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN TEND TO BE MORE PRONE TO INFECTION. AT THIS TIME DOUCHING WITH A SLIGHTLY ACID SOLUTION WILL RE-ESTABLISH THE NORMAL PH AND MAY HAVE A PREVENTIVE VALUE.

THYROID SOLUTIONS

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THYROID DISEASE

WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO CAN EAT AND EAT AND NEVER GET FAT, WHILE OTHERS NEED ONLY TO THINK OF FOOD TO PUT ON WEIGHT. SOME PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH ENERGY AND VITALITY TO SPARE WHILE OTHERS HAVE TO DRAG THEIR BODIES AROUND LIKE DEAD WEIGHTS. THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF VARIATIONS IN METABOLISM, THE ENERGY SYSTME OF THE PHYSICAL BODY.

METABOLISM

METABOLISM IS THE SUM TOTAL OF THE CONSERVATION AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BODY ENERGIES AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO:

1. ANABOLISM : THE BUILD-UP AND REPLACEMENT OF TISSUES AND THE STORAGE OF ENERGY, FOR EXAMPLE, GLUCOSE IS TAKEN FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND STORED IN THE LIVER AS GLYCOGEN.
2. CATABOLISM : THE BREAKDOWN OF TISSUES AND THE USE OF ENERGY. SCIENCE HAS NOT YET FOUND THE KEYS TO UNLOCK ALL ITS MYSTERIES. IT IS KNOWN, HOWEVER, THAT THE TYROID GLAND IS THE REGULATOR OF METABOLISM IN THE BODY AND IS ITSELF REGULATED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND IN THE SKULL. REGULATION OF METABOLISM IN A HEALTHY PERSON OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEMANDS RELAYED THROUGH THE BRAIN AND ITS HYPOTHALAMIC CENTRES.

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MANAGEMENT OF 

THYROID DISORDERS

BOTH UNDERACTIVE OVERACTIVE THYROI DYSFUNCTIONS ARE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS. THIS MEANS THAT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS PRODUCING ANTIBODIES TO OUR OWN TISSUES. THERE IS INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT WHEN OUR DIGESTION IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THE FOOD IS NOT BROKEN DOWN FULLY IN THE GUT, THE INCOMPLETELY DISGESTED PROTEINS BECOME IMMUNOGENIC, THAT IS, THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS FOREIGN ENTITIES AND PRODUCE ANTIBODIES FOR PROTECTION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ANTIBODIES CAN CROSS-REACT WITH OUR OWN TISSUES AND IN THIS CASE ATTACK THE THYROID GLAND.

YOGIC MANAGEMENT

THE TYROID IS ALSO RELATED TO VISHUDDHI CHAKRA, THE PSYCHIC CENTRE WHICH PURIFIES THE POISONS OF THE BODY, VISH, AND TURNS THEM INTO AMRIT, THE NECTAR OF IMMORALITY. LONG BEFORE MEDICAL SCIENCE EVER KNEW ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THYROID GLANDS, THE YOGIS HAS DEVISED PRACTICES WHICH NOT ONLY MAINTAINED HEALTHY GLANDS AND METABOLISM, BUT ALSO FORMED PART OF A SYSTEM OF ENLIGHTENMENT, BUT ALSO FORMED PART OF A SYTEM OF ENLIGHTENMENT. THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM WAS UNDERSTOOD TO BE VITAL TO HIGHER AWARENESS.

THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRANAYAMA FOR THYROID PROBLEM IS UJJAYI. IT ACTS ON THE THROAT AREA AND ITS RELAXING AND STIMULATING EFFECTS ARE MOST PROBABLY DUE TO STIMULATION OF ANCIENT REFLEX PATHWAYS WITHIN THE THROAT AREA (ASSOCIATED, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH VOMITING, BREATHING, SWALLOWING) WHICH ARE CONTROLLED BY THE BRAIN STEM AND HYPOTHALAMUS. THIS PRACTICE ALSO GIVES US DIRECT ACCESS INTO THE PRANIC AND PSYCHIC NETWORKS, THE SUBSTRUCTURES OF METABOLIC ACTIVITY. UJJAYI IS THE BASIS OF VISHUDDHI SHUDDHI AND AJAPA JAPA, WHICH ARE VERY POWERFUL YOGIC PROCEDURES AND SHOULD BE TAUGHT AFTER THE PATIENT HAS ACQUIRED THE INITIAL SKILLS THOROUGHLY.

JALANDHARA BANDHA APPLIES PRESSURE TO THE THYROID AREA AND SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO PRANAYAMA CAUTIOUSLY AND AFTER THE INITIAL EXERCISES HAVE BEEN MASTERED. OTHER BANDHAS CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF PRANAYAMA. OF COURSE, IN THE LONG RUN THE MOST POWERFUL TECHNIQUE TO TUNE NOT ONLY THE TYROID GLAND, BUT ALSO THE WHOLE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM, ARE THE POTENT MAHA BANDHA, MAHA MUDRA, AND MAHA BHEDA MUDRA. THESE CAN BE MASTERED ONLY BY ADVANCED YOGA STUDENTS.

THE ROLE OF RELAXATION

BALANCING OF THE EMOTIONS, AND GIVING A SUITABLE OUTLET FOR THEIR EXPRESSION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOGA THERAPY FOR THYROID DISEASE. KIRTAN (SINGING OF MANTRAS COLLECTIVELY TO THE POINT OF SELF-FOGETFULNESS AND TRANSCENDENCE) IS ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL MEANS. ANOTHER IS AJAPA JAPA MEDITATION (PRACTICE OF MANTRA AWARENESS IN THE FRONTAL PSYCHIC PASSAGE FROM NAVEL TO THROAT) IN CONJUNCTION WITH UJJAYI PRANAYAMA.

 

                               SINUSITIS AND FEVER

 SOLUTIONS

                                      SINUSITIS AND HAY FEVER ARE TROUBLESOME CONDITIONS WHICH TEND TO RECUR EACH SPRING OR MONSOON SEASON IN SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS. MEDICAL SCIENTIST VIEW THESE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS AS BEING CAUSED BY VIRUSES OR DEFECTS IN OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS RECOGNIZED BY YOGIC SCIENCE AS AN EXCESS OF THE MUCOUS ELEMENT IN THE BODY.

SINUSITIS IS A STATE OF INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUS CAVITIES IN THE CHEEKS AND FRONTAL BONES. THESE CAVITIES, WHICH ARE LINED BY MUCOUS MEMBRANE, OPEN INTO THE NASAL PASSAGES. DURING A BOUT OF COLD, THE NARROW ENTRANCES INTO THE SINUSES BECOME BLOCKED, AND HEADACHE AND STIFFINESS ARE EXPERIENCED, TOGETHER WITH SWELLING AND TENDERNESS OVER THE CHEEK BONES AND FOREHEAD. SOMETIMES, PAIN IN THE SINUSES CAN BECOME VERY SEVERE AND IT CAN BE BE ACCOMPANIED BY ACHING IN THE EYES. HOWEVER, THESE SYMPTOMS SHOULD CLEAR UP TOGETHER WITH THE COLD WITHIN A WEEK, GIVEN REST AND PROPER CARE.

HAY FEVER (ALLERGIC RHINITIS)

HAY FEVER IS CLOSELY RELATED TO SINUSITIS. IT TYPICALLY COMES ON SUDDENLY, AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR. THERE IS A TICKLING IN THE NOSE, SNEEZING AND IRRITATION DOWN INTO THE BRONCHIAL TUBES. SYMPTOMS ARE LIKE THOSE OF A COLD BUT MORE SEVERE. THE EYES ARE FILLED WITH TEARS AND THERE IS ACUTE SWELLING AND IRRITATION OF THE NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND SINUSES, PROFUSE MUCUS DISCHARGE AND HEADACHE.

NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SINUSITIS 

AND HAY FEVER

IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE GOOD HYDRATION AND A DIET HIGH IN OMEGA-3 ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS (I.E. FISH, ALMONDS, WALNUTS, PUMPKIN AND FLAX SEEDS), ONIONS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (AT LEAST FIVE SERVINGS A DAY), A NUMBER OF SUPLEMENTS ARE ALSO HELPFUL, INCLUDING VITAMIN C (AT LEAST 2 GM/DAY), QUERCETIN, BROMELAIN, VITAMIN A AND GARLIC.

YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF SINUSITIS

 AND HAY FEVER

THE CURE OF SINUSITIS AND HAY FEVER CAN BE ACHIEVED IN TWO WAYS, BY BALANCING THE BODY'S ENERGY SYSTEMS OR NADIS, AND BY THROWING LIGHT UPON THE DEEPER MENTAL IMPRESSIONS AND BLOCKAGES WHICH ARISE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SYMPTOMS. MEDITATION, YOGA NIDRA AND OBJECTIVE SELF-ANALYSIS FREQUENTLY ENABLE THE UNCONSIOUS MECHANISM OF THESE CONDITIONS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND TRANSCENDED.

IN GENERAL, ASANAS ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN FEBRILE CONDITIONS BUT CAN BE ADOPTED AFTER FEVER AND OTHER DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS HAVE DIMINISHED.

1. SURYA NAMASKARA : THIS DYNAMIC PRACTICE DRAMATICALLY RAISES THE LEVEL OF PRANIC ENERGY IN THE BODY, COUNTERACTS EXCESSIVE COLD AND OVERCOMES MANY PSYCHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES AND HYPERSENSITIVE STATES. IT HELPS TO THROW OFF RESISTANT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
2. ASANA : PAWANMUKTASANA IS THE BEST SERIES TO COMMENCE WITH IN THE RECOVERY PERIOD. FOLLOW WITH SURYA NAMASKARA AND SHAVASANA, AS STRENGTH IMPROVES, THEN PASCHIMOTTAASANA, BHUJANGASANA, HALASANA, DHANURASANA AND ARDHA MATSYENDRASANA CAN BE PRACTISED ONE TO THREE TIME EACH ACCORDING TO CAPACITY. 
3. PRANAYAMA : BHASTRIKA, UP TO 5 ROUNDS OF 50 BREATHS.
4. SHATKARMA : JALA NETI IS MOST BENEFICIAL PROVIDED THERE IS SINUSES. PRACTICE ONCE OR TWICE DAILY, OR WHENEVER RELIEF OF STUFFINESS AND MUCUS BUILD-UP IS REQUIRED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER JALA NETI, PERFORM KAPALBHATI TO CLEAR AND DRY THE NASAL PASSAGES AND ACTIVATE THE FRONTAL AREA OF THE BRAIN.
5. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA SHOULD BE PRACTICED DAILY AS IT IS DEEPLY RELAXING AND HIGHLY THERAPEUTIC. IT ENABLES THE HAY FEVER OR SINUSITIS SUFFERER TO WITNESS THE UNDERLYING PERSONAL COMPLEXES AND PERCEPTIONS ARISING FROM THE PAST CONDITIONING AND PRIOR CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, WHICH SO FREQUENTLY INITIATE THESE DISEASES.
6. DIET : A LIGHT, NON-MUCOUS FORMING VEGETARIAN DIET SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. AVOID OVEREATING, ESPECIALLY HEAVY OILY AND SWEET FOODS, AND ABSTAIN FROM SALT, RICE AND REFINED FLOUR PRODUCTS. EAT PLENTY OF FRUIT AND RAW VEGETABLES. A FRUIT JUICES. AFTER THIS, INCLUDE PLENTY OF VEGETABLES IN THE DIET AND CONTINUE TO EAT LOTS OF FRUIT, PARTICULARLY PAPAYA, AVOID TAKING COLD OR ICED DRINKS, MILK, ICE CREAM AND OTHER DAILY PRODUCTS. TAKE SOME FRESH GARLIC EVERY DAY.
7. FASTING : FAST WHENEVER SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE INCREASING. THIS IS MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF AVOIDING ATTACKS. ALTERNATIVELY, SUBSTITUTE THE EVENING MEAL EACH DAY WITH TEA PREPARED FROM SUBSTANCES SUCH AS GINGER, PEPPER, CINOMON AND CARDOMON, WHICH HEAT THE BODY AND PROMOTE MUCUS ELIMINATION.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATION

• KEEP THE BODY WARM IN THE WINTER AND MONSOON SEASONS. PARTICULARLY MAKE SURE THAT THE NECK AND CHEST ARE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD.
• TAKE COMPLETE REST AS SOON AS SYMPTOMS OF HAY FEVER OR SINUSITIS APPEAR, AVOID BATHS AND DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH WATER.
• A SPECIAL PREPARAION CAN BE MADE FOR NETI. MAKE A SOLUTION USING A ROUNDED TEASPOONFUL OF GOLDEN SEAL OR TURMERIC, A LITTLE SALT AND A HEAPED TEASPOONFULOR BORAX IN A PINT OF BOILING WATER. SHAKE WELL. LET IT STAND FOR AN HOUR OR TWO SHAKING OCCASIONALLY. THEN USE IT IN THE NETI LOTA. REPEAT UNTIL THE NOSE IS ENTIRELY CLEAN. THIS IS VERY HEALING AND SOOTHING TO THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND SHOULD BED DONE THREE TIMES A DAY. IT IS OFTEN BENEFICIAL TO USE URINE NETI.
• COLD APPLICATIONS OVER THE SINUSES OR ALTERNATE HOT AND COLD APPLICATIONS WILL GIVE RELIEF.
• STEAM INHLALATION AT NIGHT WILL EASE SYMPTOMS.
• SMOKING SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED.

                          THE PROBLEM OF 

WEIGHT BODY

                                                   OBESITY MEANS EXCESSIVE BODY WEIGHT. THIS IMPOSES UNNECESSARY STRAIN ON THE BODY'S VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY THE HEART,  CIRCULATORY, RESPIRATORY AND ELIMINATIVE SYSTEMS, AND PREDISPOSES THE PERSON TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY SERIOUS MATABOLIC DISEASES, INCLUDING DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE AND ARTHRITIS. IN ADDITON IT LEADS TO LOWERED VITALITY, MENTAL DULLNESS AND DEPRESSION.

                                    THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF OBESITY IS OVEREATING, PURE AND SIMPLE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY TOO MUCH FOOD, BUT ALSO THAT THE WRONG TYPE OF FOOD IS TAKEN. A DIET COMPOSED OF EXCESSIVE OIL, SPICES, STARCHES, SUGARS AND REFINED PRODUCTS LEADS TO EXCESS WEIGHT, WHILE A DIET BASED ON NATURAL GRAINS, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LEADS ONE AUTOMATICALLY TOWARDS CORRECT BODY WEIGHT AND OPTIMAL HEALTH.

TREATMENT OF OBESITY

ALMOST ALL PEOPLE OBESITY WILL RETURN TO A NORMAL BODY WEIGHT AND AN INSPIRED IF A DAILY YOGA PROGRAM IS FOLLOWED WITH DETERMINATION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE OBESE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS INPSPIRATION AND WILL POWER. HE OR SHE NEEDS TO LIFE THEMSELVES OUT OF A RUT OF HABITS AND PATTERNS BASED WRONGLY IN FOOD, AND REDIRECT THEIR ENERGIES INTO MORE HEALTHY, CREATIVE OUTLETS. YOGA PRACTICES PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT MEANS FOR ACHIEVING THIS GOAL.

YOGA PROGRAM

1. ASANA : THESE ARE ESSENTIAL TO REMOVE BLOCKAGES, LIBERATE PRANA, REVITALIZE THE MIND AND ACTIVATE THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS.LET THEM PRACTICE WITH ENJOYMENT, RELAXATION AND AWARENESS, AND THEIR PROBLEMS WILL FALL AWAY. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TRY TO SWEAT OFF EXCESS POUNDS. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT. PERMANENT LOSS OF WEIGHT DEMANDS A TOTAL OVERHAUL OF THE PRANIC ENERGY STRUCTURE OF THE BODY AND MIND.ASANAS BUILD UP VITALITY SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
2. PRANAYAMA : BHRAMARI AND NADI SHODHANA ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN AWAKENING DIMINISHED VITALITY. EXCESSIVE PRANAYAMA. WHICH STIMULATES APPETITE, SHOULD BE AVOIDED. MILD BHASTRIKA HELPS SPEED UP THE METABOLISM AND REDUCE FAT.
3. SHATKARMA : KUNJAL AND NETI SHOULD BE PRACTICED DAILY, AND POORNA SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD BE PRACTISED ONCE UNDER GUIDANCE IN AN ASHRAM. LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD CONTINUE ONCE OR TWICE WEEKLY.AS A RESULT, LONG FORGOTTEN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LIGHTNESS, INCREASED VITAL ENERGY AND CLARITY OF MIND ARE EXPERIENCED.
4. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA IS ESSENTIAL EACH DAY. A NEGATIVE SANKALPA (RESOLVE) SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED, AS THIS IS SUPPRESIVE AND MAY LEAD TO OVEREATING ON THE REBOUND.
5. DEIT : FASTING IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR OBESE PEOPLE AS IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER FASTING PROGRAM, FREE FROM THE INEVITABLE REBOUND REFLEX OF OVEREATING. RATHER THE DAILY DIET SHOULD BE MADE WHOLESOME WITH SIMPLE FOOD, REGULAR MEAL TIMES AND NO SNACKS IN BETWEEN. SUGAR, SWEETS, OILS, SPICES, MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, RICH AND REFINED FOODS WHICH OVERTAX THE LIVER, DIGESTION AND HEART, SHOULD BE VASTLY REDUCED, IN FAVOUR OF WHOLE GRAINS, FRUIT AND GREEN VEGETABLES.

OBESITY EDUCATION

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED ON THE IMPORTANT OF EATING FOR HUNGER AND PHYSICAL NEED RATHER THAN FOR TASTE. THE FASHIONABLE BELIEF THAT A FAT BABY IS A HEALTHY ONE SHOULD BE DISCHARGED, AS THIS PENALIZES THE CHILD, LEADING TO A WEIGHT PROBLEM IN ADOLECENCE AND LATER LIFE. A CHILD WHO LIVES IN A HOUSE WHERE FRUSTRATION AND CREATIVE ENERGY ARE WRONGLY CHANNELLED INTO OVEREATING DEVELOPS A SIMILAR SAMSKARA AND CARRIES IT INTO LATER LIFE.

DIVERSION OF THE CREATIVE IMPULSE AND ENERGIES INTO EATING LEADS TO PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEAVINESS AND DULLNESS. PEOPLE WITH CREATIVE GENIUS ARE VERY ACTIVE AND SELDOM OBESE. THEY ARE USUALLY CONSUMED WITH THEIR WORK, OFTEN FORGETTING TO EAT IN THE PROCESS. DAILY PRACTICE OF YOGA UNDER GUIDANCE GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS RECTIFYING WRONG EATING HABITS AND TOWARDS THE PROPER EXPRESSION OF INSTINCTS AND DESIRES IN CREATIVE, INSPIRING, HEALTHY WAYS.