Yoga Chikitsa, Yoga Therapy

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Yoga Chikitsa As a TherapyYoga The Mind-Body
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Why Yoga?
Yoga means meeting with the true self. Yoga is
a technique of living to achieve liberation from
life suffocation, with power, peace bliss. In
Yoga Sutras, Sage Patanjali describes yoga as
union with universal consciousness. Sage
Patanjali explains as long as the mind is not
under control, it continues to assume the form of
the vrittis or the perturbations in the mind
and these vrittis become the cause of human
suffering. Our body is made up of
Panchmahabhutas-five elements of nature, when
these elements are imbalanced in our body, it
causes in disease and suffering. For example
too much fire element in the body can create
inflammation, swelling where as too much water
can dampen fire and cause indigestion. Air
element- breath control takes center stage. A
vital life energy is in the air our life force,
we breathe and yoga helps to learn breathing
exercises use deep, abdominal breathing in which
abdomen expands on inhalation and contracts on
exhalation. Practicing yoga can help to balance
your chakras, the main energy centers of your
body alongwith pranayama and Shatkarma kriyas
purify these elements and restore balance and
good health.
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Benefits of Yoga
For health promotion and overall development of
human personality yoga is a very effective tool.
Regular practice of yoga is useful in the
prevention, mitigation and curing the various
diseases. Yoga controls physiological functions
linked to stress, including blood pressure, heart
rate, respiration, metabolism and brain waves.
Yoga helps in reducing symptoms and improve the
quality of life for people with a wide range of
medical disorders, including cancer, asthma,
diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart
disease and migraine. Yoga helps to harmonize
the endocrinal secretions, thereby balancing the
emotions and giving a positive attitude to
life. Yoga is centered around a carefully
selected series of body postures called asanas
and breathing techniques called pranayama. The
postures are performed while standing, sitting,
or lying on a mat.
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Surya Namaskar
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Surya Namaskar

• Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation impacts all the
  organ systems of the body like digestive system,
  excretory system, circulatory system, respiratory
  system, endocrine system, nervous system and
  skeleton system.
• Improves Blood Circulation of the Body
• Promotes Weight loss
• Promotes a Regular Menstrual Cycle
• Benefits your Skin and Hair
• Improve Memory and nervous system
• Stabilizes the activity of the endocrine and
  thyroid glands

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Benefits of Yoga over Exercises
Doing exercise there is breakdown of cells due to
which serum level of uric acid, urea and Co2 in
blood is increased leading to fatigue, while
practicing yoga enhances secretion of Happy
Hormone i.e Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins
which enhances pranshakti thereby building strong
immunity in our body.

• Exercise utilizes 3 to 14 calories per minute
  while by yoga utilizes 0.8 to 3 calories per
  minute that is practicing yoga small amount of
  energy will give more benefit to the body.
• Doing exercise only the targeted muscles are
  Hypertrophied or built not benefiting the whole
  body while yoga focus on moving, stretching and
  strengthening all the body parts in a way that
  considers and nurtures the whole of our body.

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Dietetic Lifestyle Measures

• Take more seasonal fruits juices, seasonal
  vegetables, buttermilk, tender coconut water.
• Avoid Maida(white flour), refined food drinks,
  sugar, chocolates, bakery products, fried stuff,
  non-vegetarian, alcoholic beverages, tea,
  coffee,smoking/chewing tobacco, zarda, pan masala
• Drink 4 litres water per day. Drink 2 to 4 glass
  of water on getting up in the morning. Do not
  drink after lunch dinner for at least 1.5 hour.
• Three hours gap between dinner sleep.
• Do not mix cooked with raw food.
• Before going to bed drink 1 glass of
  Pudina/Tulsi Dhania water should be taken for
  good sleep for cool and calm mind.

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Mudra Pranayam

• It is a yogic breathing technique.
• Our body is made of five elements imbalances of
  any of these causes ailments diseases.
• The five fingers are five elements with help of
  these elements can be balanced according to
  diseases.
• With pranayam every cell becomes fully
  oxygenated flooded with new life.
• After pranayam one is left calm centered with
  clear vision of the world oneself.
• It activates bodys natural mechanism to heal
  itself. It strengthens immunity, removes tensions
  worries.
• Gives vigor, vitality, sharpens mind
  intellect.
• When prana fluctuates then chitta (mind) also
  fluctuates, when prana becomes steady, then
  chitta also becomes steady.

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Shatkarma The Six Purification Methods in Hatha
Yoga
The Shatkarmas are the six purification
techniques that makes the body clean, strong,
free of diseases. It removes toxins and improves
concentration. The six techniques are Dhauti,
Bhasti, Neti, Trataka, Nauli and Kapalabhati.
Enema is, its a process where herbal decoction
is introduced in the rectum through a catheter to
soften and expel toxins or accumulated waste from
the colon. The colon plays an important part in
digestion, and extracting all the nutrients need
from diet to keep body healthy. The colon also
removes water from the digested food to form
faeces or stool. Activeness of Large intestines
increases Constipation, Gastritis, Obesity,
Asthma, Joint Pain, Blood Pressure. Light
Dinner should be taken day before
enema.Depending upon patient disease condition
enema of Lukewarm water, Cold water, Lemon water,
Buttermilk, Glycerin, Neem water, Honey water,
Honey water etc. After giving enema it should
be followed by laghu shankha prakshalana for few
days.
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prescription for any ailment and should be
followed only after consultation of Naturopathy
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