The Structure of Peace: A Yoga Story

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Ten-year-old Badri joins a yoga school. Unexpectedly, Badri discovers that his school friend is searching for his mother, and his senior is performing magic. Concurrently, his guru relates wonderous tales of his travel and sketches a ladder of peace for his students to climb. As Badri learns this ancient wisdom, he must overcome his limitations, help his friend and kingdom, and understand the teachings of great sages. Most importantly, Badri must uncover the message and science of yoga in this endearing story of distractions during these seven years of transformation.

If a storybook can roll in the logic of yoga from Bhagavad, Patanjali, Hatha, and Chakra - this would be it. Search no further for the fountain of peace!

Dr. Gnan Thakore is a neurologic intensive care physician at the Neuroscience Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Passionate about yoga since a young age, Dr. Gnan Thakore obtained the Yoga certification RYT 300 with the support of Dr. Paul Gerard of the Aura Wellness Center and now teaches Yoga in Dayton, where he resides with his family.

Dr. Thakore is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Wright State University. Teaching medical students and residents, he follows the approach he takes for yoga and his writing of this book. What do we practice? And why? How do we interpret results and integrate new information?

His hobbies include backpacking, reading, and writing

Time stops when you stand still, it expands when you witness events attentively, and it rewinds when you meditate. The magic of self-awareness is easy to grasp, which explains why millions have adopted this practice through yoga. Yet, the demographic that can most benefit from yoga is our youth, which, in this age of a thousand social media "friends", still suffer from depression more than ever before.

We prepare our kids for success, but do we teach our kids to be happy? Do we show them how to achieve peace? Yoga can help us do both.

I did not specifically instruct my sons in yoga, mainly because I was unfamiliar with its benefits. I wish I'd had a book like this to read, and that I could have encouraged them to read. Now, when I finally have the necessary knowledge, my sons are grown up and gone.

With yoga, however, it is never too late. I now have an opportunity to explain yoga to my nephew, Rohan. This busy teen is interested in knowing more about it, but reviewing all the literature is unimaginable. He must complete his homework until late at night, study all day, run track, play tennis, and then study some more before he can retire, thankfully, into the blanket of night. Yet, I know that yoga will enhance Rohan's health, as well as his ability to focus and deal with his emotions.