The 5th International Day of Yoga will be held on June 21 in around 178 countries around the world. The theme of Yoga Day 2019 is “Yoga for the heart.” In India, the principal yoga event will be held in Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform Yoga in the morning in front of 18,000 people at Prabhat Tara ground.
The Ayush Ministry has given you fixed guidelines for the yoga practice on World Yoga Day. Here are the steps you must maintain in thought before, all through, and after the yoga exercise. Cleanliness is an essential requirement for Yogic practice. It consists of the cleanliness of the environment, body, and thoughts. Yoga practice should be executed in a relaxed atmosphere with a comfortable frame and mind. Yoga ought to be carried out on an empty belly or light stomach. Consume a small amount of honey in lukewarm water if you feel weak.
Ensure that your bladder and bowels are empty before starting Yoga.
Keep a bed, yoga mat, Durrie, or folded blanket on hand before starting the yoga exercise.
Wear light and comfy cotton clothes to facilitate easy movement of the frame. Start the yoga exercises with a prayer or an invocation to create a conducive environment to loosen up the thoughts. A medical doctor or yoga therapist must be consulted in case of illness, ache, or cardiac problems. Yoga specialists should also be consulted before doing Yogic practices in being pregnant and menstruating.
Perform yoga asanas slowly, at-ease, with the focus on the frame and breath.
Please do not keep your breath except for its miles, which are mainly noted to achieve this in some practice. Breathing must always be via the nostrils until told in any other case. Do no longer keep the body tightly or jerk the frame anytime. It takes a while to get top effects, so chronic and regular exercise could be vital.
There are contra-indications/ obstacles for each yoga exercise, and such contra-warning signs should be considered a session that has to give up with meditation, deep silence, and the Shanti Path.
Yoga is an age-old science comprising different disciplines of mind and body. It originated in India 2500 years ago and is still effective in bringing overall health and well-being to anyone who does it regularly. The word yoga is based upon the Sanskrit verb Yuja. It means to connect, to culminate, or to concur. It’s the culmination of mind and body or the culmination of Jiva and Shiva (soul and the universal spirit). It’s also a culmination of Purush and Prakriti (Yin and Yang). The term Yoga has a vast scope. There are several schools or systems of Yoga—Dhyana Yoga (Yoga through knowledge), Bhakti yoga (Yoga through devotion).
Karmayoga (Yoga through action), Raja yoga (Royal or supreme Yoga), and Hathayoga (Yoga by balancing opposite principles of the body). All of these schools of Yoga are not necessarily very different from each other. They are rather like threads of the same cloth, entangled into each other. Yoga has been considered an effective way of self-improvement and spiritual enlightenment for thousands of years. All these systems have this same purpose; only the ways of achieving it differ for each. In its most popular form, the term Yoga has come to be associated with the last of these systems, Hatha yoga. For this article, the term Yoga is also used with the same meaning. Although, when it comes to the Philosophy of Yoga at the end of this article, the term Yoga will have a broader scope.
Asana and Pranayama
Let’s look at the main two components of Hatha yoga, i.e., Asana and Pranayama. Asana: Asana means acquiring a body posture and maintaining it as long as one’s body allows. When done rightly according to the rules discussed above, Asana renders enormous physical and psychological benefits. Asana is looked upon as the preliminary step to Pranayama. With the practice of Asana, there is a balancing of opposite principles in the body and psyche. It also helps to get rid of inertia. The benefits of Asana are enhanced with longer maintenance of it. Asana should be stable, steady, and pleasant. Here is the summary of general rules to be followed when doing Asana.
