Yoga for Back & Joint Disorders

Dear friends & Yoga enthusiasts,

This is one more book on Yoga Theraphy: Yoga for Back & Joint Disorders

What Dr. K. V. Chaubal, an eminent and senior orthopaedic surgeon of International repute, has to say about this book:

• This book has a place in the treatment of the patient with disorders of back and joints;
• The orthopaedic surgeon has done well to explain connon joint problems in simple terms, yet has not sacrificed scientific facts;
• The place of asanas and their appropriate use in individual cases is a very, very useful prescription;
• When relief is obtained by learning to live with the affliction,
• Yoga would prepare the patients mentally better than any medical treatment.

"Doctors usually prescribe drugs, I would prescribe a book".

Rx
YOGA FOR BACK AND JOINT DISORDERS
Dr. K. V. CHAUBAL
M.S.(Bom), F.R.C.S. M.C.H. ORTHO. (L’pool)

Experience with the Yoga Teacher Training at LMYC

I found LMYC's basic classical yoga teacher training course very interesting and satisfying. I have been wanting to feel more integrated, healthier, and to be able to manage stress better for a better quality of life for some time.  I found LMYC's yoga teacher training support my goals very well.  It involves holistic development of ourselves, not only at physical level, but also in emotional, mental, social and spiritual level for health, peace and fulfilment.

Susie Li

As a coach, my professional and personal interest is in developing my being better, to enhance my quality of life, well-being, and to realize my potentials and benefit society with my gifts and talents. I found yoga and coaching complimentary.

The benefits I derived from this course are beyond my expectation.  I learnt how thoughts and emotions are developed, and to manage them better - an area I wanted to develop.  I also learnt about food, from which I started to explore outside of LMYC on food therapy the Chinese way, as we are in Hong Kong.

Bhavana Techniques (Cultivating the feeling)

Pratipaksha Bhavana, Nishpandha Bhava, Anitya Bhavana are yogic techniques which are holistic in approach and are necessary pre-requisites for improvements in all aspects of our life. Sure these techniques are difficult and there is a need for constantly drilling these bhavanas into oneself. We need to read more about them; repeat these thoughtful processes and try and understand their meaning.

Pratipaksha Bhavana - Overcoming Aggressive Emotions

A management technique which is like a genie in your mind, it cultivates a state of opposite feeling and transforms a negative thought into a positive thought, an unkind work into a kind word. 

PRATI means OPPOSITE; PAKSHA means SIDE; and BHAVANA means FEELING.

It involves invoking the opposite kind of feeling consciously. We are often held by negativities like jealousy, envy, anger, hatred and similar states of defective mind. Yoga suggests the technique of thinking the opposite when ever the mind is overcome by negative thoughts. So creating an opposite side feeling or raising the opposing concept will curtail negativity.

Nishpanda Bhava - A state of tranquillity

A curative technique, this technique makes us like a smooth flow of water. As one throws a stone in water it only causes a ripple but is unable to bore a hole in it. Nispandabhava is derived from the Sanskrit words:

NIS meaning WITHOUT; SPANDA meaning MOVEMENT; and BHAVA meaning STATE.

This practice has been formulated by founder of The Yoga Institute, Shri Yogendraji. It involves sitting relaxed against a wall or chair, keeping attention on low intensity and fading sounds. Allow the sounds to come to you without seeking them.

Anitya Bhavana - Change is the only constant

A preventive technique, this technique is like a clock or a watch on your hand, which constantly reminds us that time goes on, it never stops, the date, the day; the time keeps changing, it never remains the same. Just like the waves in the ocean, everything comes and goes, everything is changeful, nothing is permanent. Reflecting on this condition of impermanence of all things is Anitya Bhavana.

Home practices for the week

- With each session of practice a little of one’s tension will be shed. Thus, start practicing Pratipaksha Bhavana to become a little less negative and a little more positive; a little more passive and less agitated with Nishpanda Bhava; and a little more accepting and a little less expecting with Anitya Bhavana.

Make good use of these techniques and progress on your spiritual path!!

Namaskar

Yogic Life - A Cure For Asthma & Bronchitis

Dear friends & Yoga enthusiasts,

Books on Yoga provide an overview of spiritual yogic philosophy and teach how posture and breathing can reveal other aspects of human personality. You will find instructional books for all levels of practice, books to inspire and deepened your practice, books on the philosophy of yoga, books on specific forms of practice and more.

We will be regularly publishing in this blog, reviews of the main publications of The Yoga Institute of Santacruz, Mumbai, India, which has completed now over 92 year of  existence and guidance for serious students of Yoga education & research.

The first book is on Yoga Therapy:

Yogic Life - A Cure For Asthma & Bronchitis

Most of us who suffer from asthma and bronchitis come to accept our condition as something to be borne with fortitude and patience. During an attack we may take a tablet or an injection or use an inhaler and once the attack is over we limp back to normalcy and carry on with the business of living. Another attack, and we reach for the tablets or injections again. Would you like to change this pattern of behavior? Do you want to? Do you believe you can? 

The fight against asthma and bronchitis begins with a strong will to overcome you disability and has to be backed by an implicit faith in yourself. 

The Yogic life strengthens your will, augments your faith in yourself and opens the air passages. How soon you can breathe with ease and on your own, depends on yourself. Some may achieve it in weeks, others may take months. But what are you waiting for? Begging now! 

"The work of The Yoga Institute, Santa Cruz as I have been seeing it for the last several years is excellent. The scientific data collected is impressive. I am convinced of the great value of Yoga for the cure of Asthma and Bronchitis".

Dr. A. A. Mahashur

Head of the Dept. Chest Medicine

K. E. M. Hospital, Bombay