The Essence of Yoga

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Presently, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Svasthavritta and Yoga, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has authored a text book of Swasthavritta and contributed chapter in women mental health. She has many scientific papers presented at various conferences and several guest lecturers delivered at various platforms to her credit.

Yoga is already popular all over the world for various reasons best known to the individual practioner. The vast body of research in yoga therapy is further widening the acceptance of scope of this ancient Indian wisdom. The research papers about the relevance and importance of yoga therapy in psychosomatic diseases prompt not only the sick, but even healthy individuals to practice this great science.

Ayurveda and Yoga are inseparably linked. The current Syllabus includes yoga in the II Prof BAMS. A good reference book tailor made to satisfy the acadeanic interest of students and community and compilation of various references together at a place for the teaching faculty has been a long felt need.

The present book The Essence of Yoga is an endeavor undertaken by a young enthusiastic and talented teacher with lot of pleasure; I place my appreciation on record and wish my dear student Dr. Mangalagowri V Rao, Assistant Professor at the prestigious B.H.U, all success in her bright career.

I personally consider Yoga among one of the promising alternative therapies due to its efficacy and cost effectiveness. Patient care is becoming costlier and diseases are in increasing order, with a shift in the pattern of occurrence of diseases from communicable to non-communicable or lifestyle disorders. The stress is a major shareholder in causation of series of diseases leading to loss in terms of health, money, work hours and ultimately life. The Yoga is the master key for these problems. It acts on multiple facets like stress reduction by inducing relaxation, by activating internal vital organs, by increasing resistance against disease causing factor by immune-modulating effect and giving a feeling of wellbeing. Many chronic problems like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, depression, etc can be very well managed with Yogic practices.

This book is blend of classical as well as modern part of Yoga which can benefit an aspirant who wants to know various aspects of Yoga. This book includes references from Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, religious works along with the texts of Yoga like Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, Hath yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, Goraksa Samhita, Shiva svarodaya, Shiva Samhita etc. in classical part. The contemporary art includes modern physiological aspects of various Yogic practices, research works and the role of various Yogic practices in common diseases along with brief description about life and works or important personalities related with Yoga.

I bow to almighty for having given me power to pen down my thoughts in the form of this book. I am thankful to authors of all books and articles quoted as references in this book. I immensely thank Prof. Anaya Sharma, Department of Shalya Tantra, Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Bangalore for having written foreword for this book. She is always a great inspiration to me. I am thankful to Prof. C.B. Jha Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU, for his constant encouragement. I am thankful to my mentors Prof. M. Ramesh, Prof. Shreedhar B. S., Prof. K. Shankaran, Prof. Mariamrna Jocob, Prof. K. Jyotilal, Prof. M. Dwivedi, Prof. V. K. Joshi, Prof. S. K. Tiwari, and Dr. H. H. Awasthi, whose guidance has always been valuable. I cordially thank all my colleagues and students in this institute. Special thanks to Dr. Ravikumar, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Neeraj Kumar, Dr. Atul Sarokte and Dr. Rahul Jaiswal and Mr. Yogesh Bhatt for their timely help.

I have no words to express my gratitude towards my father Shree. G. S. Venkatesh Rao, without his love, care and support this work would have been impossible. I also thank my grandmother Late Smt. S. B. Pandeshwar for blessing. I have no words to thank my son Mihir Dutta, whose presence itself makes the world lively and gives immense energy that I need to do any kind of work. My heartfelt thanks to sisters Shobha, Lakshmi, and brother in laws Prabhakar, Ramesh and their kids Anirudh, Pratiksha and Pritha for their constant moral support. I also thank my well wishers Dr. Jagadeesh, Dr. Deepti, Dr. Patwardhan, Dr. Medha, and Dr. Byadgi for their support. I thank whole heartedly Mr. Atul Gupta, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi, for having published this book in this beautiful form.

Any errors in the book have to be forgiven by readers. Your opinions and criticism are valuable.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages