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  Yoga

In the previous page we discussed observing thoughts and strengthening awareness. But the mind is like a wild animal, wandering all the time. The mind cannot be controlled; it can only be tamed. Here is the helping hand of Yoga. Yoga is one of the  basic steps in which one can tame the mind. Our body is more gross than the mind and so the body can be tamed more efficiently than the mind. For example, we can physically sit in a place far longer than the mind sitting on one thought.

          As the body goes, the mind follows. The twisting and turning of body parts in yoga is a way to tame the mind to follow it. By taming the body one can tame the mind, but not fully. The steps of taming the body and finally the mind are the real purpose of yoga. Basically, you are instructed to practice some regular pattern of movements or postures, which done continuously, over a period of time, tames the mind to obey. Once the mind is tamed then one can question who is taming the mind? That enquiry leads to the discovery of the self (details explained later).

Yoga and healing

           Healing occurs when the co-ordination of mind and body is restored. Healing is a process that takes place only when the mind and the body are aware of each other. Our mind is always attracted to the exterior world and ignores our interior world. Only when we fall sick we are aware of our body. Sickness should not be taken in a negative way. It is a signal, which demands the attention of the mind over the body. Yoga helps to indirectly bring about this connection and hence promotes healing.

We recommend Uni5-Pancha Bhoota Yoga helps in healing the body and strengthening the awareness.

Uni5 Pancha Bhoota Yoga in five stages are given in this link.

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Walking

          Walking outside is the best exercise because it is holistic. You enjoy fresh air, you see the surroundings, you feel relaxed, your negative thoughts are distracted by seeing beautiful things in nature. When your mind is relaxed, then your awareness connects with all the life forms around you.  You are aware of your actions and hence the mind and the body co-ordinate. Walking is the basic, most effective and primary forms of all exercises. Walk for 30 minutes to one  hour every day.  Your pace should be neither too fast nor too slow. Brisk walking the best.

1. Brisk OUTDOOR walking.  No walking indoors because you do not relax as much as you do outdoors. Preferably in a park or areas with more trees and plants. 

2. Do not hookup music system to your ears. Walking relaxes your body and mind and that is the secret. Walking should not be mechanical. So avoid the music. Instead walk with awareness.

3. Walk alone; do not talk and walk. Walk in silence and do not have any carryover thoughts. The best and most relaxed walk is when you can observe your thoughts while walking. This again strengthens your awareness. Ultimately, you should be able to observe yourself walking.

 Doing a lot of walking at the work place or housewives walking throughout the day while working at home cannot be considered real walking because while working your mind is not relaxed.  So walking outside, where your mind would be relaxed, is very important. This could be a park, beach, lakeshore, riverside. Choose something that connects to nature.

     If you walk with full awareness, which means if your mind walks along with your body then you become fully aware of every cell in your body. This is the secret of healing. This is the way Yoga should also be done. Every movement should be the coordinated act of the mind and the body. Only when there is co-ordination the  body and mind are relaxed and stress removed.

What is relaxation?

Relaxation is to get over the grip of thoughts. 24 hours, seven days a week, 30 days a month, 365 days a year, 80-100 years we keep thinking, thinking, thinking. All our energy goes into that. Just a couple of minutes without the brooding thoughts would be a tremendous change in your body. Understand that walking alone, in a state of not thinking about you, your past, your future, your family....is relaxation. Walking with nature helps in getting to that state. 

How to walk in bad weather? When the weather is harsh walk inside your home, exactly like you would walk outdoors. Understand the purpose is to relax your mind. Keep walking in all your rooms, climb up and down the stairs, your basement etc. Feel all your muscles get exercise. Be conscious of your body when walking. Feel all your muscles. Park your car in the parking lot so that you can get some exercise, walking. Climb two to three flights of stairs to get into your office. If your office is on the 20th floor, get out of the elevator at the 18th floor and walk two flights of stairs to reach the 20th floor. Keep walking whenever you get a chance. But whenever you do, keep observing your thoughts and your body. This will increase your awareness, tremendously.

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  Tread-mills and exercise machines

Exercises that does not facilitate Body-Mind connection are a waste     

       How about doing exercises with machines? Doing jogging, tread-milling or aerobic exercises will not give you the full benefit because there you are as mechanical as the machine. Remember you are a "Being" and not a car to start everyday and leave the engine run for 10 minutes to warm up and charge the batteries. That is good for car but your body is not just a car. Good exercises should coordinate the mind and the body. There is a vast difference between walking on a treadmill and going out for a walk. Your walk on a treadmill is so mechanical as your legs move mechanically when the treadmill foot base slide. But understand that your mind is somewhere else thinking of your stock market investment or some office matters or about buying a gift for your girl or boy friend.

          The objective of exercise is to connect the body and mind and bring your attention to the present. You would see that yoga alone will bring that holistic benefits. Tread mills are based merely on burning calories and giving pumping exercise to heart and measuring the pulse rate. But these benefits are peanuts compared to the benefits one obtain from doing the exercise that co-ordinate mind and body.

          The emotional mind always runs after fancies. Machines are fancy and so the emotional mind is attracted for such gadgets. The emotional mind also do not want any responsibility and to wander away as it likes. All these are achieved through machine based exercises. The emotional mind has to focus on the body and mind while doing yoga. So it prefers to watch Television while running on a tread mill or can have a music CD plugged to it while running. There is no sense in doing such a calorie burning based exercises. It gives only superficial benefits to the body.

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     The secret of Yoga

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. 
Mohandas Gandhi-  Mahatma Gandhi

Yoga is a connecting link between the mind and the body. In the Army, every day, the soldiers go on a parade and salute their commander standing on a raised platform. Have you ever wondered why should the soldiers do this exercise everyday? Why should they salute their commander everyday? This purposeful parade brings a connection between the soldiers and the commander everyday. If such a connection were not there, then in an emergency if the commander orders the soldiers "SHOOT", the soldiers would not respond with full force. They would think who is this guy is ordering them to shoot. Taking this psychology into account the soldiers everyday march in front of the commander and act involuntarily when commanded by their chief.

                The Commander and soldiers co-ordinate during a war.  The same is the case with our body and mind when they co-ordinate for healing.  Here all the cells of the body are soldiers and the mind is the commander. Unfortunately in this army there is no connection between the mind (commander) and body (soldiers). In an emergency situation (disease), when the mind orders the body to "HEAL", the body does not obey or takes time to heal. The reason is the body cells ask "Who is this guy commanding us, we never knew him and all of a sudden why does he come and commands us? This is the reason that healing does not work when we direct our mind. Our body cells should know about this commander, then the body exercises the healing order from the mind. Yoga is the only way (the complete exercise) to register awareness between mind and the body.

Yoga bridges the body and the mind:

        A good mother gives daily attention to the kids. She touches them, nurses them, delivers love and listens to their needs and problems. If she fails, then she knows about the kids only when it goes wrong. Our body is like a family. The mind is the mother and the body parts of the kids. If the mother is unaware of all her kids,  then she would suffer when the kids get ill with infection or if one of the kid goes wild with cancer. Everyday doing yoga registers your contact with all the body parts. Only when you do yoga you are aware that you have a hand, you have a limb, and you have a heart. You not know that you have these organs until your family doctor diagnosis some disease organ in your body. We otherwise take it for granted. So doing yoga or exercise registers thoughts of the body parts with the mind.