Meditation and yoga Information |
Yoga Benefits on other ExercisesOther exercises affect only the muscles outwardly therefore, the body appears quite strong and healthy. But these exercises do not have as much impact on the internal organs of the body as the yogasanas. yogasanas are very effective in throwing out all our body wastes and in activating our glands, on the proper functioning of which depends our health and happiness. They give wonderful powers and increase longevity. Moreover, in doing asanas the number of cells that break is small, while the number of new cells that are formed is proportionately very large. As a drain is cleaned by sweeping and by putting water into it, the different asanas clean the blood circulation drains of our body in the same way. Clean blood circulates freely in all parts of our body, and helps keep our body free from impurities. This is possible only by yogasanas and not by other exercises which increase our heartbeat abnormally. They do not have the capacity to clean the blood unlike the asanas. Our lungs are responsible for purifying our blood. By yogasanas and pranayama, we increase the expansion and contraction of our lungs so that they become capable of purifying more and more blood. In other exercises the lungs breathe quickly, but not deeply. The oxygen, therefore, does not reach their innermost parts. These parts therefore keep on accumulating wastes and impurities and after some time show off as diseases. We usually have an unnatural and wrong way of living in the modern times. We also eat unnatural food and thereby spoil our digestive system. The digestive organs cannot function properly due to this unnatural mode of living arid eating. Yogasanas are the best means to keep these organs in proper functioning order. No other exercise can be a substitute for the asanas in this respect. Other exercises cause tiredness to the body, while yogasanas make us fresh. In other exercises, the body has to spend a lot of energy, but in yogasanas it is not so, because these have to be done slowly by stretching the body limbs and then relaxing them. These exercises do not cause any violence to the body. They are therefore known as “non-violent exercises”. There are several glands in our body which keep us healthy and free from diseases if they function properly. Their secretion mix with blood and the man becomes healthy and strong. For example, if thyroid and parathyroid glands which are located in the neck do not secrete their juices in the required quantity, the children’s development is halted and even young men start losing their hair prematurely. The practice of yogasana is very effective in activating these glands, so that they secrete their juices in the required quantity. |