How to avoid stress through yoga.

July 25, 2006

HOW TO AVOID STRESS THROUGH YOGA :- (shared from another group) Good health is the greatest asset. Without good health one can hardly expect success in any walk of life. To keep up good health, there are numerous modern physical culture systems designed to develop the muscles. The physical culturist develops them by mechanical movements and exercises. In such physical exercises, there is a fast movement of the muscles resulting in the rapid functioning of the heart and lungs. The

practitioner becomes exhausted very quickly. There may also be anxiety, psychological tension and fear. Some exercises develop the chest and the arms only, which become lopsided and result in disharmony in the personality. In Yogic exercises, there is a harmonious development of all the muscles of the body, internal organs, nerves and frame. There are no rapid movements and hence there is no waste of energy. In Yoga exercise, movements are gentle and rhythmic. Besides, they conserve energy. The three important organs namely heart, lungs and brain with its cerebro-spinal system, are kept in a healthy condition by regular practise of a few important Asanas and one or two breathing exercises. Sound functioning of the organs depends upon good healthy nerves. The heart and the lungs are under the control of the brain. These three important organs along with the cerebro-spine system are kept in a healthy condition by

regular Yogic exercises. These Yogic exercises are both preventive and curative in their nature. They prevent diseases attacking the body by maintaining the natural health. Some exercises also cure existing diseases like cold, cough, constipation and gastric troubles. Some clean the lungs, throat, etc.., Thus the body as a whole is develop, toned up and strengthened. The entire body becomes flexible, thereby preventing stagnation of blood in any part of the body. Another unique feature of these exercises is their influence upon the endocrine system of glands, the ductless glands as they are called. The malfunctioning of the thyroid, pituitary and pineal glands is corrected by a course of selected postures. Besides all this, some of the exercises have a great effect upon man’s mind, his power of concentration and memory. They also wake up his dormant spiritual faculty. Their regular practice brings to every

practitioner good health, longevity, strength, vim and vitality. When our life today is full of stress and strain, of tension and nervous irritability, of passion and hurry, to remove physical, mental and psychological tensions, our ancient seers of humanity as a whole, perfected a system known as Yoga. Yoga is an exact science. It is the art of right living. The Yogin who has learnt the art of right living is happy, harmonious and peaceful. He is free from tension. Now the question comes as to how to start the practice of Yoga. Tension is not the creation of a single problem. It may be physical, mental, social, economical, national, international, sexual, or from superiority or inferiority complex. It may be from any of these reasons. But what one needs is to check the functioning of the mind only. “ Mind only is the cause of one's bondage or liberation” says Gita. The mind is the only cause of all problems

of tension or stress or strain of any individual. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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