Is “Yoga” only to cure “Roga”?

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 (21^st 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….

https://www.un.org/en/events/yogaday/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Yoga

https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/

The Common Yoga Protocol is herewith shared

https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/public/assets/front/pdf/CYP%20Leaflet%20(E).pdf

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