Renowned Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar once said that youth
needs more of Yoga today!' But yoga is wrongly
connoted as a spiritual practice. It is time to come out from that
orthodox notion.
Some years
ago, my sedentary lifestyle had taken
its toll and my spine and leg joints became so feeble and I find it difficult
to climb staircase to reach my third floor
home. That bitter experience turned me towards yoga when I accidentally
saw a Youtube video which is an interview of Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar with NDTV
Chief Dr. Pranoy Roy.
That video brought revolutionary change in me. Sh
Iyengar, who was 90 then - April, 2008 looked like a fountain of energy and the
way he talked to Dr. Roy ignited me to start yoga practice to maintain my
fitness levels. Then, I slowly started
doing some yoga asanas daily after my morning cup of coffee, that too only for
five 5 minutes. Since then, I could not remember when I got backache last time
which was so frequent earlier.
For a man of my age - 52 - those 5 minutes in the morning are so crucial
and if I skip that I feel the pain. My 5
minutes yoga include 2 minutes vajraasan and 3 minutes halaasan.
After completion of 5 minutes yoga, I do one-minute
meditation. In fact meditation is your
natural rhythm. You should not force your mind to do meditation which backfires. When you do it with an effort, it can't be
called 'Meditation'. Jiddu Krishna Murti, the eminent Indian philosopher
advises to watch your mind as if it is a
lizard on the wall. This makes your meditation qualitative.
The importance of yoga has already been recognized
by the United Nations which declared 21st June as the International Day of
Yoga. The Yoga has it's roots in India which is a 5,000 year-old physical,
mental and spiritual practice. It has tremendous physical and mental
benefits.
Further the practice of yoga is totally secular with a mountain of health
benefits leading to sound body and mind !
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