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This VCD by swami Ram dev ji throws a great deal of light on the era when yoga was a way to healthy living as well as the development of the Yogsadhana into yog Chikitsa. This was meant so as healthy individuals practiced yoga so as to keep their bodies healthy and fit but in case of individuals suffering from diseases this serves the purpose to treat various acute as well as chronic diseases. This also throws light on the path to reach the enlightenment through yoga.
As mentioned in various ayurvedic texts Yoga in Sanskrit refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in Buddhism and Hinduism. These were practiced by various great sages thousands of years back for the sole purpose to bring about tranquility in mind as well as body. These yoga asanas rendered their bodies free from any kind of deformity or disease. At first this was only meant to be a path through which person finds himself in the union of body and mind.
Yoga itself is considered to be the most ancient techniques that are found to be having the evidence in today’s world. Although many people are wary of yoga as either imagining it as a type of weird Eastern religion or else seeing it as a form of soft physical exercise practiced by middle aged ladies. But in actual it was here in our very own country India the yoga originated. Yoga is thus considered to be as old as are civilization. It was practiced only by yogis at first but after that with the passage of time people started to recognize its importance so it was regularly practiced by them. But as time passed by, we humans forgot what our great country has given us and we began to neglect it as merely just as some type of an Eastern religion or just soft exercise. But we have forgotten that the religion that is being followed by the Eastern countries or nations i.e. Buddhism is given to the world by our great country.
Thus the history of yoga is not just merely confined to the past 10, 20, or even 50 to 100 years. But in actual the history of yoga is as old as our civilization. The various evidences of yoga are found even in the very oldest of the Vedas i.e. Rig – Veda that is just said to be a composition of hymns for the supreme power in the nature .i.e. God. When this world began to spread itself are over there were various religions that were coming into its frame but most of these religions although might have been different in their principles but were sharing a very common aspect i.e. Yoga.
Yoga Sadhna is a pathway that directs our life towards health and prosperity. It eliminates all the factors that might or are responsible for the disease production in the body. And one has to follow yoga as Sadhna i.e. if one goes on to follow yoga he or she will benefit the most out of it. This helps in making not just your body but it also provides purity to your soul as well. Yoga has long stood its ground and has proved itself to the entire human race that once regularly practiced it will give you complete health and that too at no extra cost. At first advanced medical science was not at all ready to accept the greatness of yoga but as it gained importance and proved itself various practitioners of advanced medical sciences have accepted that it does works against the acute as well as chronic diseases against which their approach is very limited. And moreover they have even accepted that if one uses yoga in addition to the modern medical science this will benefit you the most and keep you free from any disease and unite your mind and soul on a single path towards tranquility or salvation.
The meditative practices through yoga help in achieving an emotional balance through detachment. This in turn creates a remarkable calmness and a positive outlook, which also has tremendous benefits on the physical health of the body. The ultimate goal of the yoga thus is “self realization” or “enlightenment”. Yoga positions or asanas provide you with fitness with the least metabolism or stress and meditation in turn provides you with the strength and will to perform these asanas. Yoga also helps in the attainment of complete detoxification. Stretching muscles and joints as well as massaging the various organs, yoga ensures the optimum blood supply to various parts of the body. This helps in the flushing out of toxins from every part as well as providing nourishment. This leads to benefits such as delayed ageing, a boost in the levels of energy and life filled with health.
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