Yoga is the
spiritual and physical process which ensures both the mental and physical health
and well-being. It is also useful for stress relieving and improving
concentration. There are many more advantages.
Making Yoga a habit…..
Ø Convince yourself that you need to do yoga
Ø Start with simple exercises
Ø Try to make it a habit
Ø Don’t worry if you can’t go as per your plan
Ø Try again next day when you are free
Ø Be mindful and enjoy the process of yoga
Common myths and obstacles in yoga practice are….
1. Only for the patients?
Many people think yoga is for the people who have the physical or
mental ailments (Roga- sickness). Yah it is true that yoga cures many deceases.
But it is not meant only for curing the
deceases. It also upkeeps the good health and well-being of the people. It is
the effective tool to continually improve our health and well-being. This is
how we can have sustainability of the health and well-being. Similar to the
types of maintenance we have for our vehicles and the machines such as Breakdown maintenance,
Preventive maintenance, Predictive or Pro-active maintenance, we need to maintain
our body and mind as per the needs. The effective maintenance of both the body
and mind is done by Yoga.
Patients of some deceases (especially people with backpain, hypertension)
think it is not for them as they can’t perform these exercises. Actually, there
are very few exercises which restrict these people from doing those exercises. They can perform remaining exercises.
Yoga has a vast pool of exercises with clear instructions and
restrictions of each & every aasana (exercise).
2. Age
Children or young people think that yoga is for the old people. The
old think it is for the young to do. At this old age they think they can’t
perform the yoga.
Whereas the fact is that yoga is for all the age groups. It is for
all whoever wants to be happy and healthy.
3. Time
The common myth is yoga has to be performed only in the early
morning. Many people can’t wakeup early and so they decide yoga is not their
cup of tea. But yoga can be done before the first cup of tea u take after
waking up irrespective of time. Try to follow the scheduled time for yoga. If
not possible, then also feel happy to do as and when the time permits. Moreover, Praanaayaama (Breathing exercises) may be performed whenever you feel stressed. Of course, you can do it even in a minute for the relaxation.
4. Guide
One more apprehension many people express is that they don’t have
the guide to supervise the yoga when they are performing. It is said that yoga
had to be practiced under the expert supervision. But with the advent of IT,
one can use the YouTube videos to get the guided practice of yoga similar to
guided meditation.
5. Region or religion
People think that yoga belongs to a certain region or religion. But
it is not so. Yoga is a universal practice to unite with the universe. With the
advent of International Day of Yoga (21st June every year) declared
by United Nations, yoga has got global recognition. This year the theme is “Yoga
for climate change”.
Please go through the following links about International Day of
Yoga….
The Common Yoga Protocol is herewith shared
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