Relaxation:
Relaxation is process which can start from deciding to have it. First of all you need to declare that you need relaxation. Then actually thinking continues and the question comes is, how?
Relaxation is process which can start from deciding to have it. First of all you need to declare that you need relaxation. Then actually thinking continues and the question comes is, how?
Psychology
is the most important factor. Relaxation is a restful act and it reduces the
burden. Crowding- overcrowding, pouring-over pouring thoughts actually occlude
mind. This occlusion slows the mind just like the computer slows down when a
heavy program is running. So our relaxation program has to address two
conditions, one organizing the program content and upgrading the system to take
more work-load. Nothing happens instantaneously. But decision to start on the
mission relaxation can be immediate.
First thing
is to analyse the problem. Our system has inbuilt capacity to analyse and
correct it. How to go about is very important. It is Yoga. Yoga is going to
ones original state. Yoga is a inbuilt program of Ayurveda. For mind to reset
to its original state, Ayurveda guides to Yoga.
Different
postures and breathing techniques are parts of yoga. But it is not all. Postures
prepare the body to have higher state of mind. Mind needs to be regulated to
have its original state. In contemporary lifestyle and in competitive spirit
lots of impurities are acquired. Daily practice to clean it is very necessary.
20 minutes in morning and evening are necessary for this auspicious work.
Sit on a
chair comfortably or on a soft mat on floor with legs crossed. Keep back straight with neck
in vertical line, and body not stiff but relaxed. Watch the breath. Just
observe air coming in and going out. Feel the touch of the air coming in and
going out. Keep on doing it. Soon you will find so many thoughts start gushing
in. Do not follow them just watch them coming; focus again on breathing. Notice
the mild sound produced naturally while taking breath in and exhaling. We see
whole day is unwound and mind is calm and clearer. Then we can stop the process
and go to bed. While finishing take a deep breath and gently open eyes after
few seconds and massage the face.
This is
called Pran Dharana which can be done just before important meetings also. This
is not meditation it may follow after some time as mind body gets used to this
process.
