Latest

YOGIC WISDOM

By ATMARAM NADKARNI on October 08, 2015

The art of living yoga is a holistic way of life that integrates a prayerful discipline uniting the body, mind and soul. Regular practice has brought remarkable lifestyle changes in practitioners. The art of living yoga is the secret to better health and greater sense of happiness

India is a rich country, which introduced to the world the wisdom of yoga, meditation, ayurveda, vaastu, and other local remedies centuries ago through sages, rishis, munis and vaidhyas. A mere knowledge of this great wisdom would definitely enrich and enlighten the lives of the people as it is well known that the timeless remedies contained in this knowledge has its own healing system. Yoga, a science explained in the Pantanjalis, was brought into the world more than 5,000 years ago, and helps to integrate and harmonise the mind, body and soul.

Today, we have yoga for the self, yoga for intelligence, yoga for success, yoga as a physical exercise and yoga for enlightenment. The science of yoga encompasses various aspects of life and that itself is a way to enlightenment. The Bhagavad Gita, a brilliant dialogue between Lord Krishna the charioteer and Arjuna a warrior, speaks volumes with regards to the dos and don’ts in life. We certainly have a duty to keep our bodies healthy, strong, nourished and in perfect condition. All this would require in the first place a sensible eating pattern and thereafter, proper workout to burn calories. Mind you, each and everything you eat or drink is in few hours’ time going to have an effect on the body. Therefore, our food and thoughts have at least some connection.

Read the full article in 'Viva Goa' magazine copy.
Viva Goa magazine is now on stands. Available at all major book stalls and supermarkets in Goa.