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therapy is one of yoga's most significant achievements.
The fact that it works on the holistic principles of
harmony and unification makes it very powerful. Due to the
hectic lifestyle of the 21st century, people generally are
prone to anxiety and stress. This tends to cause an
imbalance in the endocrine system as well as the nervous
system, which directly influences all the other systems in
the body. Yoga has succeeded as an alternative form of
therapy in diseases such as asthma, diabetes, blood
pressure, arthritis, digestive disorders and other
ailments of chronic nature. It works where modern science
fails.
The secret of health is to know how to deal with
one's body. The doctor treats us merely at the physical
level. However, even modern science aggress that most of
the diseases have their root cause ill the mind. Yogic
techniques such as meditation and deep relaxation. Allow
the mind to relax and calm down thus removes the root
cause of many diseases. When a doctor treats these
patients through pills or injections, he merely treats
the symptom, not the cause. For complete eradication of
these disease, one needs to eliminate the root cause of
it, which may include defilement such as attachment,
anger, craving, aversion, stress, anxiety and such.
Defilement of the mind disturbs our breathing, our
endocrine function and many other bodily functions.
Pranayama Allows us to breathe properly in slow,
rhythmic pattern, using the complete capacity of the
lungs By thus calming down the speed of our breath, wee
calm down our mind and allow it to bring the endocrine
functions, the nervous system and the defilement of
systematically eradicating diseases from our body by
removing the toxins that cause these diseases.
Learning the powerful practices of yogic asanas,
pranayama, mudras, bandh, shatkarma and meditation not
only makes a person strong mentally and physically, but
also develops man Intellectually and spiritually.
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