Dr, Charu Mehandiratta
H.O.D, Assistant professor
Apex school of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences
Every human being must strive to establish a healthy balance between themselves and their environment.
Despite the fact that today’s society places a higher emphasis on emotional as well as physical demands, this is one of the reasons why people experience increased tension, worry, and insomnia, which are primarily caused by an unhealthy lifestyle and lack of physical activity.
As a result, we require ways and approaches for achieving health and harmony;
Yoga, in this sense, is a practice that is beneficial to one’s health.
The term “yoga” is taken from the Sanskrit language and means “to join” or “to unify.” Yoga activities have a physical effect on the body and help to restore equilibrium to the body, soul, and mind.
Yoga assists us in dealing with our issues, worries, and the demands of everyday life. It also has an impact on our understanding of us, our purpose in life, and the development of our relationship with God. Through the connection of the eternal self with the universal self,
yoga goes down a spiritual road that leads to knowledge and eternal pleasure.
Yoga is the supreme and infinite concept that underpins everything. Yoga is that beam of life that is universally aware and fully awakened.
It is a combination of physical and mental disciplines that helps you reach a calm body and mind; it assists you in managing stress and anxiety while keeping you relaxed. It also helps increase flexibility, strength of muscle and tone of your body. Breathing, energy and vigor are improved. Yoga may appear like stretching, but from the way you feel, look and move it may offer much more for your body.
Yoga should be included in our daily life. Positive thinking, perseverance, discipline and orientation, prayer as well as humble and kindness leads the path to self-knowledge and self-realization.
The main aims of yoga in our daily life:
Develops our
Physical health
Develops our mental health
Develops our social health
Develops our spiritual health
Helps in our self-realization
Yoga asana increase strength, flexibility and trust. Regular yoga practice can contribute to weight loss, stress relief, improved immunity and a better lifestyle.
Benefits of Yogasanas:
– Yoga promotes self-healing.
– Removes toxins from the body and negative blocks from the mind.
– Yoga increases self-awareness.
– Increases personal power.
– Boost immunity.
– Increases concentration and focus.
– Yoga helps in reducing stress level and tension in the physical body.
In our hectic lives, which are filled with responsibilities, long hours of work, and demanding schedules, we often forget to be joyful. At times, maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life becomes challenging and has an adverse effect on one’s health and well-being in general.
It is vital to set aside some time for physical activity, yoga, and other similar activities. As a result, it is essential to integrate yoga into one’s daily routine because it aids in the management of one’s body, mind, and soul. It also promotes physical and mental discipline, which is good to both the body and the mind when used in combination with one another.
At the end of the day, yoga helps us grasp the meaning of life and the purpose of our existence; it is relative in approach but absolute in objective. Yoga has a good impact on one’s life and provides a variety of physical and emotional benefits as well.