Saturday, July 21, 2007

Yoga For Health

By Kiran Pednekar


Yoga is a developing from many years ago. Yoga, by definition, is a training or a remedy, that improves on the current of spirituality. Yoga improves health, muscles, increases flexibility & calmness. Yoga is a medically approved that reduces anxiety as well as sharpens the mind. Fourty types of yoga used today. Hatha yoga, one of the oldest and most popular styles of yoga. It emphasizes techniques of breathing incorporating various poses. Hatha yoga is ideal for those persons who experience stress or fatigue and need relaxation.

Popular styles of Hatha yoga include breath of fire yoga, made to measure yoga, Amotion yoga, mediation yoga, heat yoga, prelude to meditation yoga, and precision yoga. Choosing the yoga styles that best fits your needs is not as difficult as it may seem. Determining the right style is merely a matter of evaluating your goals and current fitness level. If you have never tried yoga, make sure you take it slowly. Yoga is about progression. Before you know it, you will see real results and reach the goals you've set.

Achieving long and healthy life requires strict daily regimen in terms of diet and medical supplements. This will slow down aging process. Following are ways of achieving a long and healthy life.

The word 'kaya' means body and 'kalpa' means stone. The meaning of 'kayakalpa' is to sturdy as a rock and ageless. Some good kalpa herbs are Ginger, Date Palm, Tulsi, Lemon, etc. Kalpa drugs are manufactured from inorganic compounds also, e.g. poorna Chandrodayam contains gold, mercury and sulphur. Kalpa drugs have rejuvenating powers and are believed to retard the aging process.

Kalpa Yoga

The eight steps of Kalpa Yoga are identical to the eight stages of yoga prescribed by Patanjali. 1) Iyama: This is a moral code, which advocates truth, non-violence, honesty and continence. 2) Niyama: This is a code for internal and external purification by study and selflessness. 3) Asana: This is concerned with physical postures that improve bodily strength and endurance. 4) Pranayama: This is the regimen for regulating breathing. It keeps the body healthy and the mind calm. 5) Pratiyakara: This refers to the withdrawal of the mind from worldly affairs and the control of the senses. 6) Dharana: This is the art of concentrating on a specific object. 7) Dhayana: Deep meditation. 8) Samadhi: This is the highest state of yoga where, one's consciousness identifies with the super-consciousness.

The practice of yoga holds the promise of slow aging and a long and healthy life.

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