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 Yoga in Modern Days

Yoga in Modern age

Modern age is of science and technology. Then yoga refers to the science of Health, Happiness and Harmoney. Yogic perviews are widened upto the normal restorations of health, and using Yoga technique as therapeutic system upto the spiritual realizations. But Yoga has been much popular in Modern Days  as the Science and art of Holistic Living, which includes all.

 People are attracting towards Yoga as a holistic Health Care System. Before analyzing this let first see the definition of “health”.

According to WHO… Health….is a

…state of well being at physical, mental, social and spiritual levels…..

 It is obvious that a life style can be consider Healthy when it gives maximum satisfaction and establishing all around harmony with forces that the govern life which in turn provides good physical and mental Health, Growth potential and Joy of living.

Yoga as a Health Care System

Holistic Approach  of Health Care includes the following points –

l           Preventive health

l           Promotive health

l           Curative health 

Yoga as a Health Care System

• Yoga : the basic aim is not therapy but incorporating Yoga into lifestyle brings Health, Harmony and Happiness

• But act as a potent preventive, pomotive  and curative health care system  in many of the psychosomatic and life-style oriented diseases

• Yoga   strives to provide better health   in all aspects

Five General Rules

There are Five Principles of Healthy life described in Ayurveda ( Vedic Science of Life) as

l           AHAR

l           VIHAR

l           ACHAR

l           VICHAR

l           VYAVHAR

Five things to maintain Healthy functioning of body

l           INCEPTION

l           DIGESTION

l           ABSORPTION

l           CIRCULATION

l           ELIMINATION