YOGA, HEALTH AND LIFE STYLE

There is a wide spread misunderstanding that physical exercises in yoga is useful in the treatment of all kinds of disease? It is true that meditation will be beneficial for persons whose problem is inadequate absorption of Prana provided food and lifestyle modifications are put into practice.

Another misunderstanding is that meditation is useful for all patients because it reduces stress, tension etc and gives relaxation. In most of the cases it is not true. Meditation will only aggravate diseases such as hypertension, heart diseases, psychosis and schizophrenia, if practiced without strict regulation of food and lifestyle and monitoring by a good instructor.

Most of physical exercises in yoga (Asanas-Physical postures), regulation of Vital Force (pranayama), and meditation are beneficial to healthy persons if practiced with the guidance of a good instructor. It shall improve the physical and intellectual faculties of practitioner if he/she keeps proper diet and lifestyle. Types of physical postures and regulation of Prana, postures for meditation and the timing for practice, diet regulation and life style modification which shall be beneficial for each persons or patients can only be decided by good instructors and Gurus. It is to be remembered that yoga is not merely a system of physical exercises or regulation of intake of oxygen.

The healing process caused by yoga meditation should be understood as the combined result of cleansing and strengthening of material body and regulation of vital energy to the appropriate-level. The functions of medications successfully used in any of the medical systems shall be either in helping the cleansing process or reducing the absorption of prana to optimum level. The latter is. the function performed by almost all drugs used in the treatment of headache, anxiety, hypertension, epilepsy, psychosis, Schizophrenia, Asthma, Migraine, Low backache and Parkinson's disease. This curious coincidence happens because the efficient cause behind all these diseases are the over-absorption of vital radiations, disproportionate to the condition of material body including brain which affects the normal working of body mind. It should not be forgotten that the material defects are more responsible for the incidence of these diseases. There, fore equal or more importance shall be given to the removal, of the material causes of these diseases. The Prana (natural radiations) also can be used for this purpose if absorbed in a regulated way, combined with herbal medicines, pure food in optimum quantity, safe drinking water, clean environment, positive thinking, good speech, thought, conduct and appropriate physical exercises. At least patients, children, breast feeding women and pregnant women should be provided with fresh and pure organic (chemical pesticides/ preservatives free) food and safe drinking water. It shall be a meaningful investment in health for a secured future.