Dr. Shamanthakamani Narendran discusses concepts of health, disease, and yoga therapy from both modern and ancient perspectives. Ancient texts like the Taittiriya Upanishad and concepts like the five koshas describe the multidimensional nature of human beings. Stress can manifest first in the mind and mental faculties before progressing to the physical. Yoga practices like pranayama, asanas, meditation, and kriyas help reduce stress, promote positive health, and bring balance to the different dimensions of a person. Yoga is a skillful means of gaining mastery over the mind and reducing suffering.

1. Dr. Shamanthakamani Narendran
M.D. (Pead), Ph.D. (Yoga Science)

2.  Concept of health and disease
Modern science
Ancient rishis
 Concept of yoga therapy
 Name of the disease & terminologies
 Signs and symptoms
 Etiology
 Helpful clues to diagnose
 Physical examination
 Intervention – for malabsorption workup
 TT according to module medicine
 How does yoga help
 Books to read

3. Taittiriya Upanisad
Taittiriya Upanisad
K.Y.
K.Y.
Tittiri birds
Visompayana – yajnavalkya
Surya tapas
Shikshavalli
Brahmananda
Bhrugu – Varuna to his son
Vallis

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Panchakosa concept

5. ADHI
MENTAL
AGITATIONS
HAPHAZARD
FLOW OF
PRANA
UNSTABLE
NADIS
UNDER
DIGESTION
AJIRNATVAM
OVER
DIGESTION
ATI JIRNATVAM
WRONG
DIGESTION
KUJIRNATVAM
VYADHI
PHYSICAL
AILMENTS
THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOSOMATIC
AILMENTS

6. CONCEPT OF HEALTH
Region of
Ill health
Region of
Normal health
Animal
level
Towards
Divinity
State of wellbeing
HEALTH
Super
man
Sick man
Normal man
Quadrant II
Quadrant III Quadrant IV
Quadrant I

7. VYADHY
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PHYSICA
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AILMEN
TS
ADHIJAH
GENERATED
BY ADHIS
ANADHIJAH
NOT
CAUSED
BY ADHIS
SARA
ESSENTIAL
TYPE
SAMANYA
ORDINARY
TYPE
PHYSICAL
Medicines
Mantras
Good actions
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF AILMENTS
SPIRITUAL
Atma Jnana
Self realization
MENTAL
Congenital
Atmosphere
Suitable
Techniques
Responsible for the cycles of birth
and death of the physical body
Psychosomatic ailments
causes during interaction
with the world
Infections and contagious
disease

8. Systems
Tissues Cells
H,O,C,N,Ca,K,P, etc.
DNA
RNA
Modern
Medical
Perspective
Genes
Organs

9. YOGIC CONCEPT
OF BODY
PANCA KOSA
CONCEPT- TAITTIRIYA UPANISAD

10. FIVE FACETS
OF PERSONALITY
ANNAMAYA
PANCA
KOSA
VIJNANAMAY
A
MANOMAYA
PRANAMAYA
ANANDAMAY

11. CONCEPT OF
DISEASE
ADHIJA VYADHI
-STRESS BORN
SARA (BASIC)
SAMANYA
(COMMON)
•ANADHIJA VYADHI

12. MEDICINES
SURGERY
MANTRA
INFECTIONS INJURIES
TOXINS
CAUSE OUTSIDE
REMEDY
OUTSIDE

13. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF YOGA?
Germ
Count
Environmental
Tolerance
Immune
System
YOGA YOGA
ANTIBIOTICS
HEALT
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14. -CONGENITAL
-NORMAL MAN
(FEAR OF DEATH)
-SELF REALISATION
-SIDDHIS
ADHIJA VYADHI
-STRESS BORN
SARA (BASIC)

15. ADHIJA VYADHI
SAMANYA
-MODERN
STRESS
RELATED
AILMENTS
STRESS -
BEGINS IN
MANOMAYA
KOSA

16. ANGER
(KRODHA)
DISTURBED AWARENESS
(SAMMÔHAH...
LOSS OF MEMORY
(SMRITI VIBHRAMAH..)
MENTAL ILLNESS
(BUDHINASAH...)
DESTRUCTION
(PRANAÙYATI...)
GEETA MODEL
THINKING OF OBJECTS
REAL OR IMAGINED
(DHYAYATO VIÚAYAN )
DESIRE
(SANGAH……..)
INFATUATION
(KAMAH...)

17. Long Standing
Conflicts Between
Two Minds
ADHIJA VYADHI
MANOMAYA
VIJNANAMAYA

18. PERSISTENT
STIMULATION
DEMAND ON ADAPTATION
OUT SIDE - INTERNAL
Office Ambitions
Family Targets

19. YOGIC
DEFINITION
OF STRESS

20. MANOMAYA -
DARANA, DHYANA
EMOTION CULTURE
PRANA -
PRANAYAMA
ANNAMAYA -
DIET,
KRIYAS
ASANAS

21. NOTIONAL
CORRECTION,
HAPPINESS ANALYSIS
KARMA YOGA,
(ACTION IN BLISS)

22. ADHIJA
VYADHI
IN MANOMAYA
KOSA - SPEED-
LONG STANDING
DISTURBED BALANCE
PRANAMAYA - SPEED
-IMBALANCE

23. AJEERNATVAM -
POOR
ATIJEERNATVAM -
EXCESS
KUJEERNÏATVAM -
IRREGULAR
Digestion and Breathing
disturbed

24. ADHI - THE SEED OF
DISEASE
HAPHAZARD
BREATHING
WRONG
DIRECTION
WRONG
QUANTITIES
CONSTRICTIONS
BLOCKS

25. ADHIJA
VYADHI
HEREDITY
WEAK ORGAN
INJURED ORGAN
SETTLES
DOWN IN
ANNAMAYA
KOSA AS
ORGAN
DAMAGE

26. STAGES OF ADHIJA
VYADHI
STAGE 1
MANOMAYA KOSA
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Irritability
- Indecisiveness
- Emotional Outburst
- Depression Etc...

27. ADHIJA
VYADHI
STAGE 2
PRANAMAYA
IMBALANCE

29. ADHIJA VYADHI
STAGE 3
•ACUTE GASTRITIS
•CHRONIC GASTRITIS
•EROSION
STAGE 4
•PEPTIC ULCER
•COMPLICATIONS

30. REDUCE SPEED
AT ALL LEVELS

31. YOGA
YUJYATE ANENA ITI
YOGAH
Small Individual Personality
To All Pervasive Cosmic
Personality

32. MANAH PRASAMANA UPAYAH YOGAH – Vasista
YOGA IS THE SKILL
TO CALM DOWN THE MIND
YOGA
YOGAH CITTAVRTTI NIRODHAH
YOGA IS TO GAIN MASTERY OVER THE MIND
PATANJALI(900 BC)

33. t r e s s a c c o r d in g t o Patanjali
Maharsi Patanjali uses the term klesa
which aptly describes stress. In his
text ‘Yoga Sutras’ (Yoga aphorisms)
the klesas have been described thus:
Avidya, asmita, raga, dwesha, abhiniveshaha,
pancha klesa
(P.Y
.S : 2.3)
The lack of awareness of Reality, the sense of egoism or ‘I-am-
ness’, attractions and repulsions towards objects and the strong
desire for life are the great afflictions or cause of all miseries in
life.

34. t r e s s a c c o r d in g t o Bhagavad Gita
The whole process of origin of stress,
its development, aggravation, and
repercussions are narrated in a dramatic
manner:
Dhyayato visayanpunsa sangastheshuupajayate,
Sangat sanjayate kama, kamat krodho abhijayate
(Gita : 2.62)
Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a
person, from attachment longing, and from longing anger
grows.
Krodhadbhavati sammohaha
sammohatsmrithivibhrama.
Smrhitibhransadbuddhinshaha

35. Maharshi Patanjali
YOGA IS A SCIENCE OF MIND
& HELPS TO CONTROL MIND,
DESIRE & REACTION TO
STRESS
SKILFUL – RATHER THAN A
BRUTAL, MECHANICAL
TECHNIQUE

36. Aurobindo
YOGA IS A TECHNIQUE FOR
TOTAL PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT AT
PHYSICAL
MENTAL
EMOTIONAL
& SPIRITUAL LEVELS

37. Bhagavad Gita
ABILITY TO MAINTAIN INNER
PEACE – AT ALL TIMES
CALMNESS IN ACTION IS
THE SECRET

38. IS A SPECIAL
SKILL IN ACTION
-BHAGAVADGITA
Action In Relaxation
Duty Sense
Unattached Action

39. “A conscious
process to
accelerate the evolution
into a single life,
a few years or
just a few days”
-sw

40. SAMATVAM YOGA
UCYATE
• Equanimity
• Stability
•Balance
•Harmony
•Equipoise

41. PROMOTION OF POSITIVE HEALTH
Breathing practices
 Hands in and out breathing
 Ankle stretch breathing
 Tiger breathing
 Rabbit breathing
 Sasankasana breathing
 Straight leg raise breathing
Sithilikarana vyayama (loosening exercise)
 Jogging
 Forward and Backward bending
 Side bending
 Twisting
 Pavanamuktasana kriya
 Suryanamaskar

42. Yogasanas
Standing
 Ardhakati cakrasana
 Ardha cakrasana
 Padahastasana
Prone
 Bhujangasana
 Salabhasana
 Dhanurasana
Supine
 Sarvangasana
 Matsyasana
 Cakrasana
Sitting
 Pascimottanasana
 Vakrasana/Ardha
Matsyendrasana
 Sasankasana/ Yogamudra
 Ustrasana
 Deep relaxation
technique (DRT)

43. Pranayama
 Kapalabhati
 Vibhaga pranayama (Sectional breathing)
 Nadi suddhi
Meditation (Dhyana Dharana)
 Nadanusandhana
 OM meditation
Kriyas
 Jala Neti
 Sutra Neti
 Vaman Dhouti

44. THANK YOU