Friends, now the time has come to create a global religion by taking the scientific and humanitarian aspects of all the religions. Well, this topic is beyond the scope of this blog, so we do not want to go into it in depth. Recently, I had written a short article on Yoga for my daughter for a university program, I am presenting it here in a little detail.
Yoga is made up of breath, power, movement, and meditation. We will study these four in some detail.
Breath is life, life is breath. Friends, breath controls the entire body including the mind. And yoga controls the breath. Rich is not he who eats and drinks, but rich is he who breathes. Through yoga, breathing is focused on various chakras of the body, thereby providing them with adequate oxygen. Real breathing is deep and feels good to the entire body. One enjoys taking it. It feels like giving satisfaction. Body movements like muscle contraction is also associated with it. After holding the breath for a while, the body begins to feel cramps. When paying attention to the whole body, they feel deeper, especially in the stomach. When holding the breath becomes unbearable, such a breath comes out. For some time it keeps the breaths as Yoga breaths. Then that process has to be repeated. No matter how much you keep taking fast breaths, you do not get complete satisfaction; on the contrary, fatigue also increases and the mind also gets distracted and wandering.
Our body operates on energy or shakti. And Shakti is controlled by Yoga. With yoga, we can concentrate energy on different parts of the body as per need. This prevents much burden on the organs, due to which they remain healthy. When meditation is done on a particular chakra by holding the breath, then a spasm is felt along with pleasure there. Perhaps this is the Shakti which is being going to the chakra. This is called the breath being concentrated on the chakra. It is also said that Prana and Apana are joining together here. Prana is the breath of the upper part of the body and Apana is the breath of the lower part. That is why Chakra is also called Sangam Sthal at many places. The confluence point is where two oppositely flowing rivers meet.
Our life is also affected by the mobility of the body. While necessary mobility is beneficial, unnecessary mobility is also harmful. Yogasana controls the mobility of the body and prevents power’s misuse.
Meditation or dhyana has great importance in our life. Quality comes only by working with concentration that’s pinpointed dhyana or ekagrata in Hindi. With efficiency in work, a person starts making all-round development rapidly. That is why the word meditation or dhyana or carefully is associated with every work, like walking carefully, reading carefully, playing carefully etc. The practice of meditation develops through yoga. Meaning that life develops through yoga.
Friends, by getting all the above benefits from yoga, the body itself remains healthy. One gets sufficient oxygen i.e. vital air through breathing. With power that’s shakti all his organs function properly. Necessary mobility maintains flexibility in the body. With meditation, the power gets concentrated at one place instead of getting scattered here and there, due to which it shows more effect. A healthy mind resides only in a healthy body. By having a healthy mind, our nature becomes balanced, in which there is proper participation of both spirituality or religiosity and materialism or worldliness. Therefore friends, no matter what happens, yoga should be done always and every day.
Yoga wins
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