SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- PART -- 14

MEDITATION CAN CURE DEPRESSION.
MEDITATION HELPS Control long-term depression as well as prescription drugs....according to a new research. British researchers in a study, published in the JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY revealed that a psychological therapy, which included a range of MEDITATION EXERCISES are as effective in combating long-term depression as medication. In fact, the quality of life is much better....the study said that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was as effective as maintenance anti-depressents in preventing a relapse and more effective in enhancing the patients quality of life. The study also showed that therapy was cost-effective as prescription drugs in helping people with a history of depression stay well in the longer-term.

CONNECT MIND WITH BODY TO BE HAPPY.
"Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do, I don't need to hurry. Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do,I don't need to hurry".....This is a practice song which enables us to live like free individuals and helps in embodying peace within...said Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen
master.
Despite materialistic acquisitions, many feel lonely, waiting for someone or something beyond our inner-self to bring us happiness. Sometimes we have all the comforts, but our spirit is empty and we feel incomplete. At the same time there are others who have limited comforts yet they seem to be content with life. We might think somany other things can cure loneliness, but seldom we realise that there are just another way of covering up the emptiness within us.

So, how can a person fill this emptiness within?..... Just hold this feeling of isolation tenderly, without judgement or shame and practice "mindfulness". Mindfulness meditative techniques in daily life have benefited many around the world. Mindfulness is a way to return to yourself and recognize solitude. It's a way to come back to your breathing and aware of the wonderful elements within and around you. mindfulness teaches you to be aware that your loved ones are still with you and it makes you sensitive towards the wonders of nature surrounding you. And with acceptance, this loneliness becomes your friend. Rather than running away from loneliness, we must begin tomake peace and reconciliation within ourselves, which can help us
connect with others in a healthy way and inturn it allows us to connect our body with mind.