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BE ALIVE IN THE FIRE OF YOGA.

BE ALIVE IN THE FIRE OF YOGA.
By NETHRA VIJAYAKUMAR

“Yogas chitta vritti nirodha” (“Yoga is the neutralization of the vortices of feeling.”)
The term "yoga" comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "union." Yoga combines physical exercises, mental meditation, and breathing techniques to strengthen the muscles and relieve stress.

The five points of yoga
The system of yoga is a simple and natural programme involving five main principles
  • Proper Exercise – asanas
  • Proper Breathing – pranayama
  • Proper Relaxation – savasana
  • Proper Diet – sattvic
  • Proper Thinking and Meditation – vedanta and dhyana.
Yoga is a life of self-discipline based on the tents of ‘simple living and high thinking' by Swami Vishnudevananda.

Aim of yoga
The aim of all yoga practice is to achieve truth. Beyond the ever changing consciousness of mind and intellect, there is a changeless, formless spirit which is unaffected by anything and which is veiled in the individual according to his/her stage of evolution.

The Benefits of Practicing Yoga
The benefits of yoga are almost endless! Practicing yoga helps build healthy virtues and good values, such as discipline, honesty, devotion, self-inquiry, mindfulness, and non-attachment. Yoga empowers you to make conscious choices toward living a more healthy and fulfilling life. Yoga also helps you:
       • Improve and maintain the health of muscles, joints, and organs
       • Improve flexibility, strength, stamina, mobility, range of motion, and balance
       • Keep your mind healthy and strong
       • Reduce stress and promote relaxation
       • Get a better night’s sleep
       • Boost your immune system
       • Prevent conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and auto-immune disorders
       • Help heal common aches like back pain
       • Increase happiness and well being and reduce depression

On a physical level, yoga helps improve flexibility, strength, balance, and endurance and on a psychological level, yoga can help you cultivate mindfulness as you shift your awareness to the sensations, thoughts, and emotions that accompany a given pose or exercise.

Yoga is accessible for just about everyone. 

The best way to know if yoga is for you is to give it a try!

Happy International Yoga day

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  1. VignaJune 21, 2020 at 6:45 AM

    வண்ணமயமான புகைப்படங்கள், அற்புதமான தகவல்கள், மேலும் மேலும் வளர வாழ்த்துக்கள்,

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  2. Deepa PradeepaJune 21, 2020 at 9:48 AM

    அருமை மகளே!

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