Five Tenets of Yoga

Tenet 1: Right Exercise

Right exercise can be done through the Yoga Warm-ups, Yoga Poses or Asanas.



They works thoroughly on each and ever parts of your body. They help stretch and tones up the muscles and ligaments, improve suppleness of the spine and the joints, and enhance blood circulation. Yoga Poses are specifically designed to normalize the physical and biological functioning of your body.



Consequently, those who practise these Asanas feel relaxed, have more strength and energy, and feel revitalized in all the systems of their body.

Tenet 2: Right Breathing

This entails breathing totally and rhythmically. For this Yoga teaches you to make use of each and every part of the Lungs so that you may increase oxygen intake.



Right Breathing is necessarily deep, slow and rhythmical. To achieve this, you should to control the length and duration of your inspiration, expiration. Further you must also learn to regulate the retention of air in your lungs or the pauses between breath.

Tenet 3: Right Relaxation

By letting go of tension in your muscles and letting the full body be at rest, you reinvigorate the Nervous System. In the bargain, you get a sense of inner peace that makes you feel relaxed and refreshed. This feeling of relaxation is transferred to all daily activities and helps you release all stress and anxiety.

Tenet 4: Right Die

You are, eventually, what you eat, so, naturally, your diet affects your mental well-being. Right diet enhances your sense of well being, while inappropriate give rise to a sense of inadequacy and blocks mental awareness. Right Diet is that which nurtures the body and mind. Your diet must be well balanced and based on natural foods. In Yoga, Right Diet also entails eating in moderation and only when hungry.

Tenet 5: Positive Thinking and Meditation

Your thoughts highly influence your life. This is where the practice of positive thinking comes in. Remember Norman Vincent Peale’s “The Power of Positive Thinking?” In life, the principles enumerated in this will help you have a peaceful mind. Positive thinking and Meditation help eradicate all negative thoughts and places the mind in a state of calm and equilibrium.