Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yoga As it is- By Mukesh Kothari


Yoga : As it is


5000 years ago when sage Patanjali wrote the treatise on yoga, he felt that he is writing a way for humanity to achieve the state of eternal happiness and joy. Yoga is popularly believed as “cessation of mind” and the union of individual self with cosmic self. My experiments with yoga since last 13 years, I felt that still we are far way from the real essence of yoga.


Yoga as a Sanskrit word means union or binds, literally signify the union of individual consciousness with universal consciousness. On the practice level defined as a state of harmony among body, mind and emotions.


Decades of yoga practice have illusion us that it is a body art , though that’s the part of it but at last not the ultimate purpose. In east and India many practices are taken by residents to enhance their spiritual level, and it is believed that yoga is the core science for it.


Present human sufferings are the result of accepting the lowest condition of mind. By the practice of yoga all such conditionings can be overcome easily. Yoga says that we are not only physically conditioned but also psychological conditioned, and we are never aware about it, therefore we are not able to know the way to come out from our problems. Yoga paves the way to higher the consciousness about our inner self and surroundings.



In the books of yoga it is said to be a science of eight fold path, widely known as Ashtanga yoga. It has the limbs they includes Yama (Principles of moral code), Niyama( personal discilines), asana (Physical asanas), Pranayama (Breath retention), Pratayhara (Sense withdrawl), Dharna (methods of concentration), dhyana (Meditation) and Samadhi (attainment of eternal bliss).


Theses above mentioned methods and techniques leads to the purification of internal and external self. They have a deep impact on the level of psychology, physiology, and issues concerned to communication with external environment. The yoga techniques help an individual to strengthen his will and psychology side to face the daily challenges of life. While the combination practice of Asanas and Pranayams lead to the enhanced health and internal joy. There are several problems that have been proved they can be cured very easily with help to Yoga practice under authentic guidance. It have been seen that problems concerned with Spine, gastrointestinal, depression, obesity, phobias and others can be handle easily with the continuous practice.


Yoga is the right path of living, it works on all aspects of the person, i.e Physical, mental, emotional, psychic and spiritual.

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