“Yoga is an invaluable gift of ancient Indian tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature and a holistic approach to health and well-being. Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with ourselves, the world and nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us to deal with climate change.” (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the UN General Assembly on 27 September 2014)

What is Yoga?

The word ‘yoga’ is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj meaning “to join”, “to yoke” or “to unite”. According to Yogic scriptures, the practice of yoga leads to the union of individual consciousness with universal consciousness. Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body that will help in attaining self-realisation. It is an art and science for healthy living. Medical research in recent years has uncovered many benefits that yoga offers — physical fitness, musculoskeletal functioning and cardio-vascular health. It is also beneficial in the management of diabetes, respiratory disorders, hypertension, hypotension and many lifestyle related disorders. Yoga helps reduce depression, fatigue, anxiety disorders and stress.

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“Meditation is a tool to enhance and deepen our understanding of the self.”
~ Sandeep Maheshwari

It’s the New Year! This New Year, let us learn something new! How about the idea of having more happiness and less stress? So let us take up a hobby that will enable us to put a stop to racing thoughts and help us to be blissfully happy.

Though meditation is not considered as a traditional hobby — a hobby is something you can do on and off and meditation requires daily practice — we can take it up as a hobby just to build up our self-confidence and to resolve our phobias and fears. Yes, there are innumerable benefits of meditation as it helps us control our thoughts and enables us to focus.

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