Article published in Mylai Express & Mylai Bazaar dated 24th october 2010
NEED OF THE HOUR – INTEGRAL YOGA
Changing Scenario in Modern Lifestyle
Change in lifestyle and work culture like long hour’s working; night shifts, chasing targets and deadlines, sleep patterns and lack of sleep are major problems in the modern days.
It is important to maintain our health to face the new challenges in the modern world. We cannot ignore the very old saying that “Health is Wealth.”
Why do we suffer?
We suffer because of our own wicked actions. We need to be cautious in doing daily duties.
We need to purify our thoughts, observe silence and slowly eradicate negative thoughts.
Is there is any way to overcome our sufferings in the modern world?
YES. The best way is to do INTEGRAL YOGA.
What is Integral Yoga and Ideal of Yoga?
It is the Union of Body, Mind and the Soul. The understanding of Yoga and Vedanta is not an intellectual acceptance. The salvation from birth and death in this phenomenal world is possible only through Yoga. Miseries start due to ignorance by which the soul gets attached to human name and form. All the elements of the body are subject to change and disease and death. Even the mind is subject to change. The only changeless entity is immortal soul and its self-realization is the ideal of yoga.
The ideal of yoga shows the way for the man to over come earthly pleasure, detachment and selfless service, one purifies the heart. There are four paths of yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. All paths
are interconnected and interdependent. One has, therefore, to take the aid of all the process of yoga in order to effect a harmonious development of the human personality. The ideal of yoga enables one to live a happy
and fruitful life, conducive to one’s own personal usefulness as well as to that of others.
What are the Benefits of Integral Yoga?
Some of the benefits are Physical Fitness, Mental Fitness, Flexibility, Positive Thinking, Self-confidence, Increase Vital Energy, Improve Concentration, Cure diseases, Sharpen Brain and over come stress and tension etc.,
YOGA LEADS TO GOOD HEALTH,
HEALTH IS WEALTH,
PEACE OF MIND IS HAPPINESS & YOGA SHOWS THE WAY………..
