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My Yoga Asanas/Meditation |
Renowned Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar once said that youth needs
more of Yoga today!' But they often
consider as a spiritual practice. It is time to come out from that
orthodox notion.
Yoga is simply not a physical exercise. It has a lot more.
Though, myself read about Yoga and even Patanjali Yoga Sutras with
commentary of Swami Vivekananda in his
famous book 'Raja Yoga, little did I put
into practice.
But, two years back, my sedentary lifestyle had taken its
toll and my spine and leg joints became so feeble and I find it difficult to
climb even to staircase to reach my third floor home. That bitter experience
one day turned me towards yoga when I accidentally saw a Youtube video
which is an interview of Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar with NDTV Chief Dr. Pranoy
Roy.
That video brought revolutionary change in me. Sh Iyengar,
who was 90 then - April, 2008 looked like a fountain of energy and the way he
talked to Dr. Roy ignited me to start yoga practice to maintain my fitness
levels. Then, I slowly started doing
some yoga asanas after my morning cup of coffee, that too only for five 5 minutes.
Since then, I could not remember when I got backache last time which was so
frequent earlier.
For a man of my age (44 years) those 5 minutes in the morning
are so crucial and if I skip that I feel drowsy that day. My 5 minutes yoga
include 2 minutes vajraasan and 3 minutes halaasan.
After completion of 5 minutes yoga, I do 1-minute meditation.
In fact meditation is your natural rhythm. You should not force your mind to do
meditation and that backfires. When you do it with an effort, it can't be called
'Meditation'. Jiddu Krishna Murti, the eminent Indian philosopher advises your mind as if it is a lizard on the wall.
This makes your meditation qualitative.
Yoga and Meditation brought cheers to my daily life. My
energy levels drastically improved over a period and I could feel the
difference. Now I am not suffering from any health related problems, even cough
or cold and I attribute all this to my daily practice of yoga &
meditation.
It is the time for youth, to start practising yoga, at least
5 minutes like me which after some years become part of your routine. Doing
regular yoga and meditation has immense health benefits. .
The importance of yoga has already been recognized by United
Nations which declared 21st June as the International Day of Yoga. The Yoga has
it's roots in India which is a 5,000 year-old physical, mental and spiritual
practice. It has tremendous physical and mental benefits.
Further the practice of yoga has no religious
connotations. It is purely a technique of ancient India with a mountain of
health benefits leading to sound body and mind !
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