YOGA
The Ancient Science of Total Health
Ananda Marga Yoga Society
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THE WISDOM OF YOGA
Yoga is an ancient system of
techniques for all-round health and well-being of the individual.
These techniques have been
tested and refined over thousands of years, and are available to anyone willing
to learn them. The scientific and easy-to-learn exercises provide a practical,
natural and holistic way to achieve health and vitality.
Yoga is not a religion.
Anyone from any faith can practice the techniques.
ASANAS AND MORE
People tend to think of Yoga
as complicated stretching exercises. Yet the most helpful of these exercises,
also called asanas, are not very difficult to practice. It only takes a little
time to develop the flexibility of our joints.
More importantly, asanas also
work on a deeper level: by subtle pressure on the glands of our body, they balance
our hormones. Hormones play a key role in our overall health and well-being.
Almost all physical and
mental diseases can be linked to an imbalance in the glands of our body.
HEALTHY FOODS
The type of food we eat also
affects our health.
‘You are what you eat’. Food
directly affects both our physical and mental well-being. Certain foods can
cause many common ailments such as heart disease and cancer.
By choosing healthy foods, we
can help to cure many diseases of the body and mind.
MEDITATION
There is more to Yoga than
asanas. Meditation is a systematic and scientific way to gently focus the mind.
The body’s response to
meditation is just the opposite of its reaction to stress. Meditation calms the
central nervous system as well as our breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.
The regular practice of
meditation broadens the scope of your mind, helping you to develop a keener
sense of intuition and a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around
you.
People who meditate typically
experience a state of deep inner peace and harmony, which in turn leads to more
intense and lasting feelings of happiness and fulfilment.
STRESS RELIEF
Today’s life is full of
stress. Although we have reached a high level of material wealth and
development, we encounter in our hectic pace of life increasing tension and
fatigue.
Despite our modern
achievements, many people feel restless and unhappy, because life is not in
balance any more. Environmental stress and bad personal habits also add to this
strain.
All this results in various
physical and mental diseases such as depression, high blood pressure, heart
disease and even cancer.
FINDING A BALANCE
Yoga offers a simple and
practical solution to these problems and helps us to find a balance in our
life.
It enables us to deal
effectively with the many challenges we constantly face, and to achieve the
inner strength, success and happiness we all desire.
BENEFITS
1. deep relaxation
2. relief from tension and fatigue
3. greater body flexibility
4. energy enhancement
5. better concentration
6. improved memory
7. stronger will power
8. heightened self-confidence
9. sense of inner calmness
10. increased intuitiveness
For more info on our yoga
classes and individualized meditation instruction, please contact: meditation@ways-ahead.net