SPLENDOR OF YOGA - PART 4

SPLENDOR OF YOGA

PART—4

WHAT IS YOGA?

The word “YOGA” originates from Sanskrit. The “YUJ” in Sanskrit language is the root word. The word “YUJ” means to bind or to yoke or to join or to merge or to integrate. Binding of mind, body and soul by exercise is yoga practice. Yoga releases one from human bondage and suffering. How it is so can be seen in the subsequent chapters.


WHAT IS YOGASANA?


Yoga+Asana = Yogasana.

Asana means posture. To solve confronting problems, we generally say “Let us sit and discuss”. Sitting comforts us mentally and helps to think vividly. Our culture is to make our visitors or guests first to sit. Sitting is one of the meditative postures. Asanas which accelerate the inner and outer organs of the body to function properly, propelling strength, repelling diseases and tranquilizing the mind with clear thought is called yogasana.


BODY, MIND and YOGA.

We all know that body and mind are interrelated. If some thing wrong happens in the body, it will be shown through mind( Examp: Pain,headache,uneasy to say some) and if any thing wrong happens in the brain, it will be shown through body as psychosomatic problem(Examp: Stress, anxiety, fear to say some).

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PRAYER



Shanavavatu, Shahanau bhunaktu
Sahaviryankaravavahai
Tejasvinavadhi tamastuma Vidvisavahai
Om Santhi. Santhi Santhi.

Meaning: May the almighty protect all of us. We shall enjoy the knowledge and work in unison to acquire acumen knowledge.Our knowledge should be inflamed like pure light of fire. Let us live together without hatred among us with peace.


Yogena cittasya padena vacam
Malam, sarirasya ca vaidyakena,
Yopakarottam pravaram muninam
Patanjalim pranjaliranato asmi

Meaning: My salutations to the renowned yogic scholar Patanjali – for elucidating a great maxim! Yoga clears mental turmoil; Grammar siphons off linguistic and spoken flaws. Vaidhya sastra (Science) pushes off wastage of body – these three form the quintessence of the maxim.


Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, sarve santu niramayah,
Sarve badrani pasyantu, ma kascit duhkhabhagbhavet
Om Santhi. Shanthi. Shanthi.

Meaning: May every one of us live healthfully without ailment and March towards prosperity, cut off from sorrows.