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Copyright: 2015 Deshpande RR
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Happy International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015
Prof. Dr. RR Deshpande
Head, Sharirkriya Dept. Ayurveda College, Nigdi, Pune ,
India
Yoga is not Gymnastic or one hour program. Like Ayurveda,
Yoga
is also life style. We must try to live yoga life. What is yoga
Life style?
Yogaha Samatvam Ucchate!There should be balancein each
of our life activity like in eating, sleeping, working,
laughing, talking.
We should try to avoid extreme in any condition. In Marathi
there
is a sayingAati tithe mati(Any excess spoils the purpose).
Laziness
is bad, but workaholic is also bad.
Yogasu karma Kaushalam! Yoga means developing skill in
any of your work. Skillful activity saves your energy, still
gives you
satisfaction.
Yogastu Chitta vrutti Nirodhaha! You must have control on
your physical & mental activities. This means there you
should not
drain away with emotions or your activities. We must use our
God
gifted power of Intelligence for the same, to decide what is
correct
& what is wrong?
Then, how you can recognize that we have become yogi, after
following above said Yogic Life style?
Sukha Dukhe Samet krutva, Labha alabhav, jaya ajaye!
We, as a yogi can remain stable in any odds in our life.
Whether
we get lottery ticket or we are just earning our bread &
butter,
whether we win or we lose some times, whether we are honored
or
whether we are criticized.
To become Yogi person or to follow yoga Life Style, Step by
Step
guidelines are given by Patanjali Like Yam, Niyam, Asan,
Pranayam,
Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyna & Samadhi.
Yam & Niyam arepractices for Ethical Code of Conduct &
ways
for Physical & Mental Hygiene Asanas are not like Gymnastic
or
only Gymnastic. Yea! Physical postures can improve your
physical
lexibility but at the same time, we must practice to improve
mental lexibility (by dissolving Ego). Asanas are for our
stability.According to Ayurveda, Asanas are Koshtha Vyayam
(exercises for
Chest & abdominal organs). By bending forward &
backward, we do
contraction & relaxation of abdominal muscles .There is
pumping
like action. This action helps to improve blood supply &
circulation
to abdominal & chest organs. This improves nutrition of
these
organs & elimination of wastes from this part.
Pranayam or Breathing Yogic Exercises is a Conservation
of Energy Technique. God has given each of us, speciic amount
of
breaths for our whole life. It is like giving speciic pocket
money to
a son by his father. So it is now sons responsibility to utilize
Pocket
money skillfully. Similarly we must try to learn to utilize
these
breaths carefully & conserve our Life Energy. When we
become
angry or excited our respiratory rate increases & we lose
lot ofEnergy. But in calm & stable condition our respiration
rate is low. In
Pranayam we reduce our respirations per minute & also we
make
them deep i.e .more powerful.
Pratyhar is training to our senses, for not getting them
carried
away by our emotions. We should not become slave of our
senses.
Rather we should be master of our sensory & motor organs.
For
this our mind should remain always connected to our
Intelligence
or Inner conscious.
Dharana & Dhyana is Internal Journey towards Inner
Conscious, which is Divine purity inside. When our outer world
is
perfectly tuned with Internal world, melody of Joy is created
.Thisis called as Sat Chit Anand(Eternal Happiness) .Then we can
remain
happy, without any reason. This is Samadhi stage of Yoga. Then
we
can remain Blissful & Joyful at any moment of our life.
Other than Ashtang Yoga, there are other ways to get same
results. These yoga types are described as Karma Yoga, Jnyana
Yoga
& Bhakti Yoga.
I personally feel Karma yoga i.e physically remain engaged
in
activity & keeping balance in it, is good for Kapha dominant
prakruti
in Ayurveda, because Kapha people has to take care of their
Inertia
to maintain Health.
Pitta dominant people should follow Bhakti Yoga, where we
have to keep faith & respect on divine things &
surrender in frontof them. This is necessary to dissolve ego of
Pitta people. Mantra
yoga is a part of Bhakti Yoga. Om mantra is a Divine Mantra. Why
&
How? Om mantra, really has 3 syllabi A,O & M. A Sound
vibrations
are useful for proper Genesis of Cells. O Syllabus is for
proper
operations (functions) of cell. M sound vibrations makes in
time
destruction of degraded cells. So A,O,M syllabi are responsible
for
Genesis + Operation + Destruction = GOD = Physiology of Body
.
Vata dominant people may follow Jnyana Yoga.Jnyana yoga
means Knowledge based activities .This can reduce unstability
&
confusion in Vata people.
Celebrating Yoga Day is Good to create awareness on Yoga,
but
to get beneit from yoga, we must able to understand & digest
Yoga
Philosophy. Then we can live yoga life & will become Yoga
person!
Received Date:July 11, 2015,Accepted Date:July 15, 2015,
Published Date:June 30, 2015.
*Corresponding author: Deshpande RR, Head, Sharirkriya Dept.
Ayurveda College, Nigdi, Pune , India, Tel: 9226810630; Fax:
91-020-27659578; E-mail:
[email protected]
Copyright: 2015 Deshpande RR. This is an open access article
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Citation: Deshpande RR (2015) Happy International Yoga Day on21
June 2015. J Alt Med Res 1(1): 106e.
