Yoga Therapy:Way To Healthy Body

WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOGA WAS USED IN THE DISTANT PAST FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES. THESE EXERCISES HAD BEEN DEVISED TO INCREASE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES. THE FINALAIM WAS TO AWAKEN THE DORMANT KUNDALINI WHICH GAVE THE PERSON CONCERNED IMMENSE POWER. THE MIRACULOUS ASPECT OF YOGA IS THAT IT PROVIDES ENDLESS ENERGY TO THE BODY. IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY THAT THESE UNLIMITED POTENTIALITIES OF YOGA WERE REALISED AND THIS ENERGY WAS PUT TO USE IN TREATMENT OF AILMENTS.

FROM TIMES, IMMEMORIAL INDIA HAS BEEN CALLED THE LAND OF YOGIS.THE PRESENT SITUATION IS THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD HAS accepted THE SUPREMACY OF YOGA AND IT IS BEING WIDELY USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. EVEN, THE WESTERN COUNTRIES ACCEPT THAT THE STORY OF PUSHPAK VIMAN IN RAMAYAN IS NOT A FIGMENT OF MANS IMAGINATION.THIS VIMAN COULD FLY AT WILL. THE SCIENTIST SEE TRUTH IN THE STORY OF RAVAN BEING IMMORTAL BECAUSE OF NECTAR IN HIS NAVEL. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THERE WERE ATOMIC WEAPONS AND THEY WERE USED IN MAHABHARAT. IT IS SUPPOSED THAT AMONGST YOGIS LORD KRISHNA HAD RENDERED ITS RADIATION INEFFECTIVE BY THE POWER OF HIS YOGA. RESEARCHES ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO TEST THE CORRECTNESS OF MANY THINGS ACHIEVED BY THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF YOGA WHICH ARE MENTIONED IN MANY ANCIENT BOOKS AND REFERRED TO IN PURANIC LEGENDS.

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE LENINGRAD UNIVERSITY ON MARCH 10, 1970 IN THE LABORATORY OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF RENOWNED SCIENTISTS DR. GENRDI SERGEYEV AND DR. SERGEI SARICHEV. A FROG WAS DISSECTED IN PRESENCE OF 50 YEAR LOD NINA KULGINA. ITS HEART WAS TAKEN OUT. THE HEART WAS STILL PULSATING SLOWLY INSPITE OF ITS BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE BODY. NINA ORDERED THE HEART TO BEAT AT A RAPID PACE AND IT’S STARTED BEATING RAPIDLY. THE SHE COMMANDED IT TO STOP AND THE HEART STOPPED BEATING. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS REPEATED MANY TIMES. THE RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS, WHO COULD HARDLY HAVE ANY FAITH IN SUCH MIRACLES, HAD TO EVENTUALLY CONCEDE THAT NINA’S BODY POSSESSED SOME INNER POWER WITH WHICH SHE COULD CONTROL EXTERNAL OBJECTS.

IN 1970, THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PARAPSYCHOLOGIST AND YOGA EXPERT, DR. HIROSHI MOTOYAMA OF JAPAN CONDUCTED SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE INDIAN YOGI YOGESHWARANAND. DOZENS OF ELECTRIC WIRES WERE CONNECTED TO THE BODY OF NINETY YEAR LOD YOGESHWARANAND. IN THIS STATE, HE STOPPED HIS HEART BEAT BY PRANAYAM, ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH RECORDED ON ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPH HIS CONDITION WAS DANGEROUS AND BLOOD HAD stopped FLOWING IN HIS BODY. THE ELECTRIC FORCE HAD increased IN HIS HEART. AS PER THE SCIENTIFIC RULES, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING HIM ROUND TO NORMAL CONDITION. NEW DIRECTIONS WERE GIVEN TO THE MACHINES AFTER TEN SECONDS. THE MOMENTUM AND EXCITEMENT OF HEART STARTED DECREASING. THE FLOW OF BLOOD INCREASED. THE PULSE RATE WAS GETTING NORMAL AND YOGESHWARANAND OPENED HIS EYES AFTER 12 SECONDS. 

MANY VOTARIES OF YOGA HAVE PERFORMED INEXPLICABLE MIRACLES. SANJAY DESCRIBED THE BATTLE OF MAHABHARAT WITHOUT STEPPING ANYWHERE NEAR THE BATTLEFIELD. HE COULD KNOW EVERYTHING FROM A DISTANCE. YOGIRAJ KRISHNA LIFTED THE GOVERDHAN HILL ON HIS FINGER. HANUMAN BROUGHT ENTIRE GANDHMADAN MOUNTAIN TO LANKA. THE SUDARSHAN CHAKRA OF LORD KRISHNA MOVED AT HIS WILL. ADISHANKARACHARYA DISCARDED HIS BODY AND ENTERED ANOTHER BODY TO LEARN KAMA-SHASTRA AND THEN RE-ENTERED HIS OWN BODY. THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE MIRACLES PERFORMED DUE TO SHEER POWER OF YOGA. IT HAS BEEN PROVED BY THE EXPERIMENTS OF DR. MOTOYAMA THAT THE SIX CHAKRAS LOCATED IN THE BODY, AS DESCRIBED IN YOGA SHASTRA ARE STOREHOUSES OF UNLIMITED AND ETERNAL ENERGY. THE MIRACULOUS POWERS STEM FROM AWENKENING AND CONTROLLING THESE CHAKRAS. IN WESTERN COUNTRIES, MANY PEOPLE CAME TO POSSESS MYSTERIOUS POWERS AFTER GETTING INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS THEN SUPPOSED THAT MIRACULOUS POWERS WERE AWENKENED BY SHAKING UP THE CHAKRAS LOCATED IN THE HUMAN BODY IN THE SAME MANNER AS A SLEEPING PERSON IS AWAKENED.

DR. MOTOYAMA FOUND THAT WHEN THE YOGI CONCENTRATED ON MANIPUR- CHAKRA HIS BODY TEMPERATURE STARTED GOING UP RAPIDLY. ELECTRIC WAVES STARTED FLOWING FROM HIS BODY. WHEN THE YOGI CENTRED HIS ATTENTION ON AGYA-CHAKRA, A MAGNETIC FIELD WAS CREATED ROUND HIS BODY. THE YOGI WAS THEN ASKED TO MEDITATE AN ANAHATA-CHAKRA. THE PHOTO- ELECTRIC CELL THAT WAS FIXED TO HIS BODY GAVE OUT DAZZLING LIGHT AS IF A THOUSAND WATTS BULB HAD BEEN SWITCHED ON. 

 IT WAS SAGE PATANJALI WHO WROTE THE PRINCIPLES OF YOGA IN HIS BOOK YOGA-SUTRA SOME 200 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST. HE CONSIDERED YOGA AS THE MEANS TO BRING OUT THE HIDDEN POTENTIALITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY AND THEIR USE. THAT IS WHY, TREATMENT BY YOGA WAS CONSIDERED TO BE TREASURE-HOUSE OF IMMENSE POWER, WHO WOULD BOTHER ABOUT SUCH SMALL MATTERS AS USING IT FOR TREATMENT OF ORDINARY DISEASES.

 

WE FIND ANALYSIS OF THE MIRACULOUS EFFECT OF DIFFERENT POSTURES YOGA IN THE VEDIC BOOKS LIKE RIGVEDA, ATHARVAVEDA AND EARLY UPANISHADS. THE WESTERN SCIENTISTS WERE THE FIRST TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE HEALING POWERS OF YOGIC EXERCISES. THEY FOUND THAT DURING SHIRSHASAN, THE BLOOD FLOWS TO THOSE PARTS OF THE BRAIN AS WELL WHICH IN ORDINARY COURSE GET VERY SCANTY BLOOD. THE EFFECT OF OTHER YOGIC ASANS Was ALSO CLOSELY EXAMINED. AFTER 1945, THERE WAS A RACE AMONGST RESEARCHERS TO ANALYSE THE EFFECT IN CERTAIN DISEASES. AS SUCH, YOGIC THERAPY   BECAME A NEW METHOD OF TREATING AILMENTS. NOW IT IS WIDELY PRACTICED ALL OVER THE WORLD, SO MUCH SO THAT PROGRAMMES OF YOGIC EXERCISES ARE TRANSMITTED DAY AND NIGHT ON TELEVISION AND RADIO.

ACCORDING TO YOGA-SUTRA, YOGA HAS EIGHT PARTS. THEY ARE CALLED YAMA, NIYAM, ASAN, PRANAYAM, PRATYAHARA, DHARNA, AND SAMADHI. IN THIS YAMA IS THE LOWEST STEP WHILE SAMADHI IS THE HIGHEST STATE. IN YOGIC THERAPY MENTION IS MADE UP OF ONLY ASANS AND THEIR EFFECT. AS IS, YAMA, NIYAM, ASAN AND PRANAYAM ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL FOR KEEPING THE BODY FIT AND TRIM. THE EFFECT OF PRANAYAM WITH DHYAN IS DIFFERENT. THE RESULT OF PRANAYAM WITH DHYAN IS DIFFERENT AND ARE BEYOND SCOPE OF THIS ARTICLE OR BLOG.   

WHAT IS DISEASES?

THE DEFINITION OF DISEASES ACCORDING TO YOGA HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE JAPANESE DR.MOTOYAMA. ACCORDING TO HIM, "THE LIFE FORCE FLOWS THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY THROUGH THE ARTERIES AND VEINS. DISEASE IS AN INDICATION THAT FLOW OF THIS FORCE HAS BEEN OBSTRUCTED SOMEWHERE. THERE ARE FOURTEEN COUNTRIES IN THE BODY. SEVEN ARE LOCATED IN THE HANDS AND SEVEN IN THE LEGS."

THE DIFFERENT ASANS (POSTURES) OF YOGA ARE USEFUL IN KEEPING THE FLOW OF THIS FORCE (PRAN) SMOOTH. EVERY ASANS HAS CONNECTION WITH THE FLOW IN SEPARATE PART OF THE BODY. IF YOGA ASANS ARE REGULARLY PRACTISED, THE FLOW OF EVERY PART OF THE BODY IS NEVER OBSTRUCTED AND THE BODY REMAINS HEALTHY.

TREATMENT:

IT IS PROHIBITED TO DO YOGIC EXERCISES WITHOUT GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER. AS SUCH, IN THE BEGINNING, HELP SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM AN EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTOR. 32 ASANS ARE USED FOR TREATING DISEASES.

THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTION THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED WHILE DOING YOGA ASANS. THEY ARE NOT TO SPEAK A LIE, NOT TO COMMIT THEFT OR DECEIT AND LEAD A DISCIPLINED LIFE.MANY THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE FOR FOLLOWING NIYAM SO THAT THE BODY IS READY FOR YOGA. IN DHAUTI-KRIYA, A LOT OF WATER IS TAKEN AND THEN IT IS VOMITED OUT BY PLACING TWOFINGERS INSIDE THE THROAT. THIS CLEANS UP THE THROAT AND STOMACH.THE EASIEST WAY TO PERFORM NETI IS TO TAKE SOME WATER IN THE HOLLOW OF YOUR PALM. THIS WATER IS THEN SUCKED INTO ONE Nostril AND THEN THROWN OUT BY CLOSING OTHER NOSTRILS AND SNEEZING.THIS CLEANS UP ONE PART OF THE NOSE. THE SAME PROCEDURE IS REPEATED FOR THE OHER NOSTRIL.

 A PINCH OF SALT IS MIXED WITH WATER.MANY DISEASES OF STOMACH, THROAT AND NOSE ARE ERADICATED BY DHAUTI AND NETI. NETI IS PANACEA FOR ALLERGY. LACK OF CONCENTRATION AND SQUINTEYES ARE TREATED BY TRATAK PROCEDURE. A BURNING CANDLE IS KEPT AT A DISTANCE OF FOUR FEET STRAIGHT IN THE LINES OF EYES ARE RESTED FOR SAME PERIOD.THE POWER TO HYPNOTISE CAN BE ATTAINED BY PRACTISING TRATAK. THERE ARE MANY OTHER YOGIC PRACTISES LIKE NAULI AND KALPAVATI. THESE ARE RELATED TO STOMACH AND LUNGS. THESE PRACTICES CAN NOT BE PERFORMED IN A RIGHT MANNER WITHOUT GUIDANCE FROM A TEACHER OR SPECIALIST.