WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EFFECT OF YOGA?

 

YOGA THERAPY

YOGA HAS ITS OWN THERAPY WHICH IS A SPECIALISED FROM OF YOGIC CULTURE . IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MEDICAL SYSTEM BECAUSE IN IT THE EXTERNAL AGENT (MEDICINE) DOES NOT PLAY THE PRIMARY ROLE OF RESTORING HEALTH OF THE PATIENT. IT IS THE PATIENT HIMSELF WHOSE PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING, CONSTANT AND CAREFUL PRACTICE, DEVOTED AND DEDICATED DESIGN CURE HIS DISEASE IN THE YOGIC SYSTEM.

YOGA IS AN ANCIENT SCIENCE AND ART. ITS END IS SELF-REALIZATION THROUGH SELF RELIANCE. ORDERLY LESSORS AND DISCIPLINE FROM THE WARD AND WEFT OF YOGIC METHODOLOGY. STARTING FROM YAMA-NIYAMA, THE PUPIL PROCEED SLOWLY BUT SWEETLY TO YOGASANAS AND PRANAYAMA AND AFTER MASTERING THESE PRIMARY ESSENTIAL STEPS, HE IS INITIATED INTO THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF DHYANA AND SAMADHI.

DO'S AND DON'TS FOR YOGA

 

 

 

1. THE CORNER-STONE OF DIET IS BALANCE. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ELIMINATE THOSE ITEMS FROM THE DAILY INTAKE WHICH ARE CONSIDERED HARMFUL IN CASE OF A PARTICULAR DISEASE. PREPARATION OF THE DIET CHART ACCORDING TO BODY CONDITION AND THE NATURE OF DISEASE OF A PATIENT IS A MUST.
2. THE MOST COMMON ITEMS OF DIET FOR ALMOST ALL PATIENTS OF THERAPEUTIC YOGA ARE FRUIT, SALAD, LEAFY VEGETABLES, GREEN VEGETABLES, WHEAT BREAD AND PULAOS.
3.  SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EATING, TO EAT SLOWLY, TO EAT ONLY 75 PERCENT OF THE CAPACITY OF EAT ATLEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE BED TIME AT NIGHT.
4.  TO AVOID DRINKING WATER WHILE EATING, NOT TO EAT HOT, SPICY, FRIED AND ROASTED FOOD, TO AVOID COFFEE, TEA AND TOBACCO IN ANY FORM AND FINALLY TO AVOID ALCHOHOL, SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THEM WHO ACCEPT YOGA-THERAPY.
5. IT IS SAID HUNGER IS THE BEST SANCE. WE MUST EAT WHEN WE ARE HUNGRY. EVEN SIMPLEST DISHES BECOME DELICIOUS. WHEN TAKEN UNDER THE SPELL OF HUNGER.
6. YOGIC DIET AIMS AT HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL.
7. LORD KRISHNA SAYS TO ARJUNA, "VERILY, YOGA IS NOT FOR HIM WHO EATETH TOO MUCH, NOR WHO ABSTINETH TO EXCESS.

 

 

• YOGIC DIET IS SATTVIC DIET AND LAYS STRESS ON FRESH, SIMPLE, WHOLESOME AND NUTRITIOUS DIET. IT IS NON-ALCOHOLIC, NATURAL, NON-STIMULATING, HEALTH BUILDING AND ENERGY-PRODUCING FOOD.
• THE FAMOUS SAYING OF HIPPOCRATES, "THE FOOD SHALL BE THY REMEDY" IS TRUE FOL ALL AGES AND FOR ALL MEN.
• ASAN IS AN IMPORTANT STEP OF YOGA-THERAPY. ASAN IS THE INTENTIONAL PRE-PLANNED, SYSTEMATIC SCHEME OF BODILY MOVEMENTS AND MANIPULATIONS PRACTICED REGULARLY FOR HEALTH AND VITALITY.
• YOGASANAS ARE SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE , SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERT YOGI.
• YAMA, NIYAMA - DHYANA AND YOGASANAS BAUDHA - MUDRA - PRANAYAMA FOR THE MANY PILLARS OF YOGA-THERAPY.

THE THREE COURSE OF YOGA IS SHORT COURSE, FULL COURSE, AND EASY COURSE.

                                                             SHORT COURSE

1. SUKHASANA, VAJRASANA
2. ARDHA SHALABHA - BHUJANGA
3. MATSYASANA
4. ARDH-HALASANA-PARSCHIMOTTAMASNA
5. YOGA-MUDRA, PARAN MUKTASANA
6. PARVATASANA,
7. DEEP BREATHING
8. SHAVASANA

FULL COURSE

1. SHIRSHASANA - TADASANA
2. SARVANGASANA - MATSYASANA
3. BHUJANGASANA - SHALABHA - DHANURASANA
4. HALASANA - PAOCHITUTAUA - MAYURASANA
5. VAJRASANA - SIDHASANA - PADMASANA
6. ARDH - MAYSYENDRASANA - TIKONASANA
7. PAVAN MUKTASANA - YOGI-MUDRA
8. UDDIYANA BANDHA - NANLI - KAPAL BHATI
9. AGNIBAR KRIYA - ASWIN MUDRA - GANESH DHANTI
10. UJJAN-CHANDRA NADI, SURYA NADI, SHITALI NADI (PRANAYAMA)
11. SHAVASANA

EASY COURSE

1. PAWAN MUKTASANA
2. UTTAM PADMASANA
3. UTTAM HASTASANA
4. ARDHA BHUJANGASANA
5. ARDHA SHALABASANA
6. NAUKASANA
7. YOG-MUDRA
8. SHAVASANA
9. DEEP BREATHING

ASANA, BANDHA ETC, ARE HIGHLY USEFUL IN TONING UP THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND VITALISING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. YAMA AND NIYAMAS ARE PHYCHIC EXERCISES FOR MENTAL DISCIPLINE. THESE ARE EFFECTIVE IN PURING THE MENTAL IMPURITIES.

IN YOGA PURIFICATION OF THE BODY AND THE MIND IS VERY ESSENTIAL. THE YOGI IS PARTICULARLY CONERNED WITH THE INSIDE OF HIS BODY. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE BREATH. WHEN THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF NADIS WHICH IS FULL OF IMPURITIES, IS CLEANED, THEN THE YOGI IS IN A POSITION TO CONSERVE THE PRANA. BY IMPURITIES, IS CLEANED, THEN THE YOGI IS IN A POSITION OF CONSERVE THE PRANA. BY REMOVING THE IMPURITIES OF THE NADIS, ONE CAN BE RESTRAINED ACCORDING TO ONE'S WISH. MASTERY OF SOME TECHNIQUE IS ESSENTIAL TO GO AHEAD WITH PURIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM IN A FACILE AND EFFORTLESS MANNER.

PROPER KNOWLEDGE

 

 

LACK OF ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIFE, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY GIVES RISE TO DISEASES AND DISORDERS. YOGIC LITERATURE, RICH IN THOUGHT AND CONTENT, IS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE PEOPLE TO LEAD THEM TO A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE WHICH IS THE BEST AND GREATEST GIFT OF GOD TO MANKIND. IT IS DIVIDED INTO TOO MANY CATEGORIES MAINLY SPIRITUAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTERPRETATION OF THINGS. THE READERS SHOULD LEARN TO RELY ON YOGIC LITERATURE WHICH AIMS AT EXPLAINING THINGS IN SCIENTIFIC LINES.

VAJRA MUDRA

                                   

WISDOM

PROCEDURE

WRAP THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND AROUND THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE REMAINING FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND CURL INTO A RELAXED FIST.

BENEFITS

VAJRA MUDRA HELPS TRANSFORM IGNORANCE INTO WISDOM IT ALSO STIMULATES BLOOD CIRCULATION, REDUCING THE RESTLESSNESS AND DIZZINESS CAUSED BY LOW BLODD PRESSURE.

DURATION

PRACTICE 3 TIMES A DAY FOR 5 TO 15 MINUTES.

CAUTION

PEOPLE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD USE THIS MUDRA SPARINGLY, IF AT ALL.

VARUNA MUDRA

DRYNESS AND INDIGESTION

PROCEDURE

TOUCH THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER TO THE TIP OF THE THUMB. KEEP THE OTHER THREE FINGERS STRAIGHT.

BENEFITS

"VARUNA" MEANS "WATER" . THIS MUDRA BALANCES THE WATER ELEMENT IN THE BODY AND HELPS WITH DRYNESS IN THE EYES, MOUTH, THROAT AND INTESTINES, INDIGESTION, CONSTIPATION, DRY SKIN THAT CRACKS, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, AND TONGUE DISORDERS INCLUDING LOSS OF TASTE. IT IS ALSO HELPFUL IN CONTROLLING COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, PARALYSIS, SINUSES AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE.

DURATION

PRACTICE 45 MINUTES PER DAY EITHER ALL AT ONCE OR IN 15 MINUTE INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

CAUTION

FOR PEOPLE WHO RETAIN WATER, ARE HEAVY OR LETHARGIC, DO VARUNA MUDRA IN MODERATION, IF AT ALL.

VITARKA MUDRA

WISDOM AND DISCUSSION

PROCEDURE

THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS. FORMING A CIRCLE WITH THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER IS UNIVERSAL AMONG THE VARIATIONS AS THE BUDDHIST SYMBOL OF PERFECTION.

FOR THE VARIATION SHOWN, ON EACH HAND, TOUCH THE TIP OF THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER, PLACE THE LEFT HAND ON THE LAP, PALM FACING UPWARD. HOLD THE RIGHT-HAND AT SHOULDER HEIGHT, PALM FACING DOWNWARD.

BENEFITS

VITARKA MUDRA INCREASES WISDOM. IT IS A GESTURE OF TEACHING OR A MUDRA OF DISCUSSION. IT HELPS WITH THE FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT FEAR.

DURATION

PRACTICE FOR 30 TO 45 MINUTES, EITHER AT ONCE OR IN 10 TO 15 MINUTE INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

CAUTION

THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS MUDRA. ANYONE CAN USE IT AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS.

YONI MUDRA

DETACHMENT

PROCEDURE

HANDS FORM AN ALMOST SHAPE WITH FINGERS AND THUMBS OF EACH HAND TOUCHING AT THE TIPS WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND. POINT FINGERS DOWN WHILE POINTING THUMBS UPWARD.

BENEFITS

YONI MUDRA HELPS THE PRACTITIONER TO DETACH FROM THE CHAOS OF THE OUTER WORLD. AND BECOME MORE AWARE AND IN HARMONY WITH THEIR INNER SOUNDS. IT ALSO HELPS REJUVENATE THE MIND, STABILIZE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, REDUCE STRESS, INCREASE MENTAL CLARITY, AND ATTAIN SPIRITUAL CALMNESS.

DURATION

DURING MEDITATION FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THAT IS COMFORTABLE FOR THE PRACTITIONER.

CAUTION

THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS MUDRA. ANYONE CAN USE IT AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS.