YOGA

Yoga an integrative system of holistic health concepts  offers profound teachings and understanding of mind-emotions-physical distress  in modern times.

Underlying Principles of Yoga

 

• You are responsible for your health and well being
• You must take the initiative to develop positive health
• Increase your self reliance and self knowledge
• Improve flow of energy through the body
• Relax, regenerate and reinvigorate yourself
• Decrease your stress level by understanding your mind
• Become aware of your body, emotions and mind
• Improve your diet and lifestyle
• Calm your mind and focus inwardly

Yoga Research

Research suggests Yoga can be beneficial for various disorders such as sleep disorders, psychosomatic and stress disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches and gastro-intestinal disturbances.  In addition to physical disorders yoga can manage  anxiety, depression and substance abuse alongside other therapies. . It also offers a lot of hope in metabolic disorders such as thyroid and other endocrine disorders, obesity and the modern metabolic syndrome.

Yoga Therapy

1. Preventive therapies – to increase awareness as well as agility.  Improve immunity and quality of life in numerous conditions.
2. Emotional therapies – to calm and centre the mind, mental fatigue and restore emotional balance.
   Pranayama, Relaxation Practic e
3. Physical therapies – to stretch and strengthen muscles, improve digestion, flexibility, circulation and promote general sense of wellness
4. Mental therapies – relaxation practice as it is the body’s way of recharging cells and easing mental tensions.  Trataka and pranayama
5. Psychological attitudes – to help cope better with stressful situations that increase physical and mental strain.  Promote mental balance through following quality:   detached attitude, friendliness and compassion for others, cheerulness to positiveness and indifference and avoidance of negatitivity.
6. Pain relief therapies – to increase tolerance for pain and improve life quality
7. Spiritual therapies – to bring awareness of Yogic qualities

Integrated Approach of Yoga

Various Yoga practice may be used as therapeutic interventions at different levels.  These include

1. Healthy life nourishing diet
2. Healthy lifestyle and environment
3. Physical, Mental and Emotional holistic lifestyle
4. Yoga postures, breath work (Pranayama), healthy thought processes
5. Co-ordination, energising and balancing energy

Limitations

While yoga is useful in body-mind-spiritual practices and highly beneficial to bring about a state of well being, it it is not a miracle cure and requires discrimination when practiced.  It can also to be utilised in collaboratiion with other systems of medicine such as allopathy, Ayurveda, naturoopathy,physiotherapy as required, particularly in emergency conditions and a strong need to consult qualities medical doctors.    Good diet and lifestyle is used in all modalities.  Each person is different and Yoga needs to be adapted to suit individuals needs rather than one size fits all.  There are many different approaches and different schools of Yoga and you need to find the one that suits your personal circumstances best.

Finally, Yoga helps us regain equilibrium and produces mental equanimity.  This enables us to move towards a more balanced lifestyle and state of wellness and health.

 

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