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Yoga and wellness
Yoga and wellness document discusses: 1) Yoga plays an important role in physical, mental, and social well-being according to definitions of health from WHO and Patanjali. 2) Yoga benefits health through strengthening the body, improving posture and flexibility, relieving pain, and promoting mental wellness. 3) Yogic practices can help address modern lifestyle challenges like stress, tension, and health issues caused by lack of exercise and improper diet.
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- 1. Yoga and Wellness GhantaliMitra Mandal Ghatkopar QCI
- 2. What is Health? -Definition by WHO • A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely absence of disease - Being healthy and feeling healthy • Wellbeing – being healthy and feeling healthy • Happy and healthy - Definition of Asana by Patanjaly • Sthir Sukham Asanam
- 3. As per yogichealth • Physical health Ahaar Vihaar Vishranti • Mental Health Vichar Vikaar Vivek
- 4. o Causes ofsickness is the Impurities at various levels. Such as • Mind (Mansik) • Speech (Vachik) • Body ( Kayik) o Discomfort at any level is also illness.
- 5. • Yoga iswonderful addition to your normal activities • What is the role of yoga in health and wellness?
- 6. • Strength (buildsmuscle strength) • Perfects your Posture • Balance / Balancing Act • Flexibility • Joint Mobility • Wellness • Mental health • Pain reliever • Ray of Light • Happy day
- 7. • Stay sharp •Rest easy / sleep deeper • Cool Inflammation • Younger looking DNA • Your spine in Yoga • Keep your heart healthy • BP in control / but increase in blood flow • Power source
- 8. • Drains yourLymph and boost immunity • Regulates your adrenal gland • Helps you focus • Improves your muscle tone • Helps keep you drug free • Keeps allergies and viruses at bay
- 9. Modern life createsplenty of challenges to health of humans • Fast changing trends (creates mental, moral, spiritual and physical problems) • Confusion and chaos • Tension and stress • Competition and commercialization All these creates helplessness in personal hygiene and health Your right to enjoy happy and free life
- 10. Science and technologyhelps to reduce physical labour but in lieu of that it adds mental form of labour • Insomnia, gastric trouble, acidity, diabetes, hyper tension – all these are the outcome of technology and science • What we do Irregular and faulty eating habits, no physical exercise, lack of proper rest Yoga has the remedy of it
- 11. Yogic concept ofhealth and disease • Modern medicine good for health – rapid, proper • Good for contagious disease (infections) • But incurable for stress and related issues
- 12. What is yogicconcept? Structural aspects of the human being • Panch Kosa – Five fold of Existence • Tri-sharir – three fold – bodily nature • Seven Substances – Rasa, Rakta, Maansa, Meda, Asthi, Majja and Sukra • Tri Doshas – Vaata, Pitta, Kapha • Five Pran and Five Upprana • Nadis and Chakras (Psycho Neuro Imuno Endocrine axis)
- 13. Quality of PhysicalHealth • Upnishad shvetasatara 2.13 • Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Vapu Krushatvam • Patanjal 3.46 • Mastery of Samana gives effulgence • Bhagvad geeta – sthita-prajna – 2.48 • 16.1 – 16.3 – Spiritual Health
- 14. लघुत्वमारोग्यमलोलुपत्वं वर्णप्रसाद: स्वरसौष्ठवं च| गन्ध: शुभो मूत्रपुरीषमल्पं योगप्रवृत्तं प्रथमां वदत्न्ि ||२.१३|| श्वेिास्विार उपत्िषद Body - Light Mind - desireless Complexion – Clear Voice – Beautiful Odour – agreeable Excretion - Scanty
- 15. वपु: कृशत्वं वदिेप्रसन्ििा | िादस्फुटत्वं ियिे सुत्िमणले || अरोगिा त्िन्दुजयोत्ग्िदीपिं | िाडीत्वशुत्िर्णठसित्सत्ि लषणमर्म || २.७८ र्.प्र. || Body – lean Face – Cheerful Voice – Clear Eyes – Bright Health – freedom from illness Urges – under control Fire - Alight Body state - Clean
- 16. रूपलावण्यिलवज्रसंर्िित्वात्ि कायसम्पि ॥3.४६॥ Beautiful Appearance Gracefull Strength Adamantine ability to withstand pressure or strokes the treasure of the body
- 17. Bhagvad Geeta Desire-less Situation Stability EmotionalStability Complete Self Control Tranquility Established in Fullness Oneness with Brahman
- 18. अभयं सत्त्वसंशुत्िर्ज्ाणियोगव्यवत्स्थत्ि:। दािं दमश्चयर्ज्श्च स्वाध्यायस्िप आजणवम।।16.1।। दैवी संपदा को प्राप्त र्ुए पुरूष के लषणमर् र्ैं : अभय, अंिःकरर् की अच्छी प्रकार से शुिी, र्ज्ाि— योग में त्िरंिर दृढ़ त्स्थत्ि और दाि िथा इंत्ियों का दमि, यर्ज्, स्वाध्याय िथा िय एवं शरीर और इंत्ियों के सत्र्ि अंिःकरर् की सरलिा। अत्र्ंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शात्न्िरपैशुिम। दया भूिेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मादणवं ह्रररचापलम।। 2।। दैवी संयदायुक्ि पुरुष के अन्य लषणमर् र्ैं : अत्र्ंसा, सत्य, अक्रोध, त्याग, शांत्ि और त्कसी की भी त्िंदात्द ि करिा िथा सि भूि प्रात्र्यों में दया, अलोलुपिा, कोमलिा िथा लोक और शास्त्र के त्वरुि आचरर् में लज्जा और व्यथण चेष्टाओंका अभाव;
- 19. िेज: षणममा धृत्ि:शौचमिोर्ोिात्िमात्ििा । भवत्न्ि संपदं दैवीमीत्भजािस्य भारि।। 3।। िथा िेज, षणममा, धैयण और शौच अथाणि िार्र— भीिर की शुत्ि एवं अिोर् अथाणि त्कसी में भी शत्रु— भाव का ि र्ोिा और अपिे में पूज्यिा के अत्भमाि का अभाव— ये सि िो र्े अजुणि, दैवी संपदा को प्राप्त र्ुए पुरूष के लषणमर् र्ैं।
- 20. Yogic Concept ofDisease • Aadhi + Vyadhi • Five Kleshas • Swasthya • Sat chit Ananda • Vyadhi – one of the nine obstacles by Patanjali muni
- 21. How to removediseases • Yama Niyama – Internal and external Harmony • Prana – what all 5 pranas helping for health • Naadis – (Channels) – any blockage leads to Diseases • How to overcome – Asana and Pranayama • Kujirna – ati Jirna – Ajirna (कुजीर्ण, अत्िजीर्ण, अजीर्ण) • Cleansing the Body
- 22. Yogic concept ofhealthy living What to avoid – Yoga Vasishtha 1. Unwholesome food 2. Unhealthy places 3. Working at unreasonable hours 4. Association with the wicked 5. Longing after improper things 6. Evil desires and bad thoughts
- 23. Sattvik person Rājasikperson Tamasik person Personality defects Complete control on emotions, thoughts and actions Angry, jealous, proud, egoistic, bossy, attention seeking, greedy, going to any extent to fulfil worldly ambitions and desires, worrying, day dreamer Lazy, inactive, depressed, extremely selfish, not thinking about others or even harming them when fulfilling one’s selfish ends, irritable Virtues All virtues, truthful and lawful, tolerant, serene, stable intellect, not egotistical. Eventually goes beyond virtues and defects. Fearless about death. Industrious but directionless efforts in terms of spiritual growth None
- 24. Sattvik person Rājasikperson Tamasik person Main way of gaining happiness Acquiring knowledge, skills, helping others, meditation, increasing spiritual level. Eventually goes beyond happiness- unhappiness and towards Bliss Gaining authority, worldly possessions Eating, drinking, sexual intercourse etc. In relation to others Living to serve society and help people grow spiritually. Here growing spiritually means in a more universal sense according to the 6 basic laws of spiritual practice. Self-centred or helping others with a lot of ego about the help being given Harming others. Most tamasik – harming society at large in the name of religion or some ideology. Sleep 4-6 hours 7-9 hours 12-15 hours Spiritual power High Slight Very low
- 25. Sāttvik Rājasik Tāmasik Food Wheat,cucumber, spinach, sugar, milk, butter, clarified butter (ghee), cinnamon, almonds, walnut, cashew nuts Highly salty, bitter, sour, pungent and hot foods (e.g. boiling hot tea or coffee), onion, garlic Dried vegetables, chilled or frozen foods, twice heated foods, foul smelling, stale, soiled food, half cooked (as in meat that is rare), uncooked food, food difficult to digest, non- vegetarian food, wines and alcohol Colour White, yellow, blue Red, Crimson, Green, Violet Black, any shade of colour that has a high percentage of black Clothes (material) Natural fibre such as cotton, silk, cowhide Hide of animal skins Man made clothes such as lycra, nylon etc., Torn clothes, Unironed clothes
- 26. Music Hymns written by Saints,music composed by Saints Country music, pop music, most film songs etc. Heavy metal, music that encourages violence and drugs Movies Enlightening society to make the world a better place spiritually or at a worldly level Action films, thrillers Pornography, Violence, Horror movies Books Books that increase spiritual understanding in the universal sense of the word Books that increase emotions and attachment to the world Books that incite degradation of Spirituality, harming of society Company and entertainm ent Seekers of God practicing spirituality according to the six basic principles of spiritual practice Social engagements where the topic of conversation is primarily worldly issues, business etc. Shopping as a pastime Company of drug addicts, rave parties, parties that promote any type of addiction, meeting that facilitate the harming of society
- 27. Marriage Spiritual growth takes centrestage in the couple’s relationship, spiritual love without expectation Gathering worldly possessions, worldly love with expectation Discord, mistrust, violence and fighting
- 29. 1 Annamaya Kosha Matter Physical Senses and Physicalbody 2. Pranamaya Kosha Vital Air Energy Driving Force 3 Manomaya Kosha Mind Mental Reason, Logic, Emotion 4 Vigyanmaya Kosha Intellect and Ego Wisdom Discriminating Faculty 5 Anandmaya Kosha Innermost Bliss Independent
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