Lifestyle modification a key to health

Unloading of Mind and body both are important factors. We encounter illnesses in life; our body defends and gets well soon sometimes, we need to take some help from kitchen remedies sometimes we have to run to a clinician for restoration of health. In all conditions mind and body complex play crucial role. Along with the postures suggested in previous posts we need to do something to emptying mind complex also, certain practices may be suggested which can prove helpful for keeping ourselves healthy, physically and mentally.

Life style has proved to be playing crucial role in maintaining the health. due to our needs and greed we tend to forget our aim to live peacefully abundant life. Although it can not be achieved very easily but is possible. Nowadays it is known to the science that relaxation and behavior are important factors for maintenance of health. So we can use yoga, pranayama, meditation to fix our health issues.
Here we enhance the practice which is given in previous post. Pranadharana was explaned before this post lead you a step ahead:

Meditation

Lesson I

• ·         Environment should be peaceful, SWITCH OFF YOUR MOBILE OR MAKE IT SILENT, put the door bell off or arrange someone to take care of it.
• ·         Clothes should be comfortable and tight fitting clothes should be avoided.
• ·         Sit on a comfortable chair, feet should touch the ground. Do not cross legs or feet. You can sit on floor on a mat cross legged or in lotus or semi-lotus pose, with a wall supporting back
• ·         Back should be straight enough but not stiff; head, neck and back in a straight line.
• ·         Close your eyes. You can keep your eyes open if you are not getting distracted.
• ·         Watch your breath, breathing should be normal.     
• ·         Feel the touch of the air while coming in and going out.
• ·         There will be many thoughts gushing in. Focus back to the breath.
• ·         Focus on breath again and again when thoughts come in.
• ·         Now feel the touch of air inside the nostril where it touches while inhaling and exhaling.
• ·         Initially for two days put alarm for 5 minutes for first three days. When it rings again be aware of the breath. Take a deep breath, keeping eyes closed. Move fingers move arms gently then after few seconds open eyes slowly.
• ·         Do speak to worldly topics immediately. Wash face, stretch a bit.
• ·         Initially be in this practice for at least 3 to 5 minutes and later on it should gradually be increased to 15 to 20 minutes.
• ·         Do not leave this process in middle suddenly, otherwise it may prove harmful.
• ·         Place and time should be same for doing this.
• ·         Continue the same practice for a week or so.

Relaxation-2

Relaxation is a must in a stressful life. It is not lethargy. It is not resentment. It is not avoiding the situation. It is the way of handling situation better. It is a tool to make things even better. It is for integration and not for disintegration. It improves capacity when done correctly. It makes you creative. Prana-dharana is practiced regularly culminates in to meditation. Thoughts are reduced and controlled. It improves quality of work. This technique is used to unburden the mind. When interference of thought process is reduced quality and speed of processing in the mind space improves. Then head is lighter and body is relaxed automatically without any drug or a medicine.

This is an important state when overburdened system is addressed properly. But this does not happen overnight. It takes time depending upon the complexity in life. It works for sure! Some people have natural ability to go in to this state of mind and they unburden themselves. Some take help of some music, some like to go to hermitage. The method may be different for every one. The method they choose may be indicate their mind set. But unburdening takes place and they come out with better health and improved thought process. Unless such changes occur we cannot determine anything it also needs courage and patience. Some take help of some drugs considering that drugs and addictions manage thoughts better but, it is never advisable as they are addictive and hazardous for health. This method which we are discussing are helpful to live healthily and peacefully with lot of creativity and success.

We will discuss the further stages in future. But practicing this regularly  is a must.

There arrives a situation when we are overwhelmed with thoughts and responsibilities and when we try anything hastily it gives effect differently and we start blaming our own selves and we put that experience under heading "Failure".So we have to follow certain procedure before we embark upon such relaxation break. There may be certain mechanical procedures which follow everyday in the office or at home. We must write it down and hand over responsibility carefully to someone temporarily. Certain confidential matter such as passwords and something very important info must be written and kept safely. One can reload them very easily having lasting effect. It happens rarely but such information can get evaporated during these procedures. It is a fear but can happen as some information is stored as a conditioned memory when the conditioning is changed the information disappears. So if back up is ready nothing is lost. But we must keep in mind that we are doing this for unburdening the mind-body system. It is always an experience that we find new avenues for better situation in life and life takes turn and graph starts ascending. There is unwinding and rewinding of the film with corrected references. This is a fascinating experience. It is blissful.

When we start following the procedure explained in the previous post we start feeling fresher. But it is rarely experienced on a very first day. Generally gushing new thoughts and more thoughts are experienced. It is because those vibrations in mind-space get more room to become uncompressed say like an unzipped file. That is why mind gets occupied with thoughts. When we just watch these thoughts and do not follow them or get involved, they start receding. Sometimes they are so strong that we have to do something about them. Such thoughts are from past, These stages may be necessary who also wish to enjoy transcendence of mind.

As practice goes on, effect is more lasting.then one can enjoy relaxed temperament all the time even in the most stressed condition. At this stage there can be reversal of many disease processes. Health starts restoring.

There is one more aspect of relaxation which will discuss in next post!

Relaxation: An important step for healthy life:

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?

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.