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Yoga Strongly Believe In And Advocate The Principle Of A Healthy Mind And Body

How Does Yoga Affect Human Body And Should It Be Done Every Day

Yoga is the only holistic science – and art – of living, known to man, that works 4 ways: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The rules of yoga were first given to man in the Bhagavad Gita in the classic, historic battle field dialogue between Bhagawan Sri Krishna and his mentor Arjuna. However, it was only a couple of centuries later that a man named sage Patanjali came about who actually laid down the techniques of right living through his eight-fold path consisting of:

1.  Yamas (do’)
2.  Niyamas (don’ts)
3.  Asanas (yoga exercises and poses)
4.  Pranayama (breathing exercises)
5.  Pratyahara (withdrawing the senses inward)
6.  Dharana (concentration)
7.  Dhyana (meditation) and
8.  Samadhi (a super conscious state)

The final stage is more a derived state than an attempted step.

Yoga has a prescribed set of activities and techniques for the body, mind and heart. To this extent, yoga emphasizes moral and ethical living. This, automatically, affects our mental and emotional well being, and indirectly our physical health. Secondly yoga strongly insists on right posture, right breathing, and right diet. This is achieved through asanas, which are a set of exercises and poses, pranayamas, which are breathing exercises, kriyas, which are cleansing techniques and a Sattvic diet, which is a pure, simple and light, predominantly vegetarian diet.

In time, the practitioner finds that the practice of this life system starts to show results. First of all, his health improves as a result of the right diet, right breathing and right postural alignment. Then he starts to feel calm and composed, both mentally and emotionally. This also has a bearing on the body because the body, mind and heart are closely interlinked influence each other. Yoga strongly believes in and advocates the principle of ‘a healthy mind and a healthy body.’ You can’t really be happy and at peace until your body is completely healthy and vice versa.

But nothing comes suddenly and of its own accord. Everything has to be worked towards and the results will follow accordingly. We, for our part, are supposed to believe, trust and continue with our practices diligently and devotedly. Soon the practitioner will start to see improvements in his or her physical health. Almost simultaneously he (or she) starts to notice mental peace and a sense of equipoise and equilibrium, more peaceful sleep, shorter and fewer bouts of anger, anxiety and depression. Almost all of us yearn for such experiences, far removed from the turmoil of our daily lives. Additionally, in a short while you will find your social health also improve, manifest in your relationships with family, friends and colleagues. No longer will you have serious problems with anyone, least of all bosses or colleagues, spouse, parents or children. So yoga practices render physical, mental, emotional and social health.

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