YogaYoga • •

7 Magic Keys to 7 Magic Keys to live a life full of live a life full of

YogaYoga•

Readiness & Readiness & EffortsEfforts[to start with][to start with]

100 % Presence = 100 % Presence = Body +Mind+Breath Body +Mind+Breath

= = working as One working as One

Single TeamSingle Team

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Word “Yoga”Word “Yoga” –A –A Sanskrit wordSanskrit word-”Yuj”-”Yuj”

Yuj means Union

Yoga means Union Union of Body + Mind +

[Ultimately] Soul

AwarenessAwareness•

ObjectivityObjectivity

A process to be a 3rd person,

A Passive Witness

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Faith, Trust and Faith, Trust and PatiencePatience

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Experience the Experience the magic of Yoga Your magic of Yoga Your

own selfown self

Let’s Begin…………Let’s Begin…………

AsanaAsana• • • • •

Things to remember before Things to remember before PracticingPracticing Asana….Asana….

      Be sensible. Do not overstrain.      Do the asana regularly. Do not perform to exhaustion but do not be lazy.      Do the asana in airy room.      Do the asana in relaxed, comfortable manner. In fact the meaning of an asana is that it should be steady and pleasant, leading to relaxation and one pointed ness.      Turn to your side while getting up from any lying down position.

      Do the asana on the floor as far as possible; with a floor covering like mat, blanket, and rug or on a hard bed.      Do the asana at least 2 hours after the meals You may divide your yoga practice into certain groups doing them at certain times e.g. relaxation postures could be practiced in the middle of the day after the meal, meditative postures early in the morning and the morning and active postures whenever possible during the day.      Do each asana correctly but do not be discouraged if it is not perfect.      Do the stretching asana while inhaling, do them gently.

Inhale while bending backward or when you begin with any asana& exhale while you bend forward or when you twist

““Where the hand goes, there should Where the hand goes, there should follow the eyesfollow the eyes

Where the eyes go, there should go the Where the eyes go, there should go the mind.mind.

Where the mind goes Bhawa is Where the mind goes Bhawa is created.created.

When the Bhawa is created, Rasa will When the Bhawa is created, Rasa will be Bornbe Born.”.”

  

…Nandhikeshwara.…Nandhikeshwara.

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Do Each Asana Do Each Asana incorporating all incorporating all 7 Keys7 Keys

each time to have each time to have 100% benefits100% benefits

Efforts to Effortlessness is Efforts to Effortlessness is the process of Yogathe process of Yoga

Effortlessness is The “Ultimatum” / “Gift”

of Yoga.

Effortlessness is the Experience of “Mukti”, “Enjoyment of

Freedom”.

Towards its ultimatum,

Effortlessness becomes Liberation

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Applicable at all the levelsApplicable at all the levels

Body Mind -Emotion Perception-Attitude Personality Spiritual

For Asana: Remember - For Asana: Remember - After , performing Asana [your daily Yoga regime] if at the end of it, if you feel Stressed, OverworkedUnhappy Drained ourLack of EnergyTired /lazy to resume yr daily routine

And notAt PeaceHappy / Pleasant from withinEnergeticReady to live your day aheadEnthusiastic for resuming your routine

You need to pay attention

“Where are you going wrong” or something going wrong

It may happen sometime after doing some difficult asana from which your body is not accustom to perform, you experience pains

and aches in that part, but you will never feel stressed out / lack of energy from with in.

Know the difference between-Physical aches

AndInner stressed out / drained out

Solution : Solution : Listen to your body-be Aware: observe your self while you are doing AsanaListen to your body, what is it trying to sayPay attention to your inner voice-see what is it trying to convey that you are not able to pay attention toSee where are you going wrong not able to follow inner instructions.

Sometimes, your body may be too tired, or unwell to do any strenuous exercise of any

form [including asana], it requires relaxation more /meditation more first

If, you will learn to pay attention to what your body tries to convey to you through inner

voice, you will never go wrong in performing asana.

Even after following the guidelines of what your body is trying to convey, you still

continue to feel worst, check out with your Yoga consultant / or a good Holistic Healer

But for all these, you first need to beAttentiveAwareObserver100% presence [presence of mind, body, breath all together]

every time when you do your Asana.

[Never forget incorporating 7 Keys while you perform Asana]

This is important because,This is important because,

Asana-as defined by

Maharshi Patanjali-

Yoga System –Yoga System –Systematization by Systematization by Maharshi PatanjaliMaharshi Patanjali

(600 BC.)(600 BC.)

STHIR-SUKH-STHIR-SUKH-ASANAMASANAM

Asana refers to lack of body movements [niscala] that is not uncomfortable [anudvijaniyam] and provide pleasant feelings with steadiness of body, or even attaining the stillness of corpse.

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So, if You can’t feel Pleasant, energetic from within

What you did is not Asana /Yoga

But

Mere a body exercise.

Charm of Yogic asana is lost then.

Yoga An Yoga An Integrated Holistic Integrated Holistic

ApproachApproach •

Not only provides a road to Not only provides a road to AttainAttain a a Holistic HealthHolistic Health

but also guides one to get Centered to but also guides one to get Centered to One’s own self-One’s own self-

thus thus Attainment of SwasthataAttainment of Swasthata and and finally followed by finally followed by

getting United to one’s own Center –getting United to one’s own Center –thus thus

Liberation /Mukti / Moksha Liberation /Mukti / Moksha

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Diet in yogaDiet in yoga

Sattvic food= Yogic FoodHealthy food-Healthy life

And Finally……And Finally……

Personal PrayerPersonal Prayer‘O God, May I have the maturity to accept totally, gracefully, what I cannot change; May I have will,

courage, honesty and sincerity of purpose to change what I can; and

May I have the wisdom to know the difference between what I can

change and what I cannot.’

“Yoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the

truth of who you are. The practice of yoga is the practice of meditation - or

inner listening - in the poses and meditations, as well as all day long.  It's a matter of listening inwardly all the time, and then daring enough and

trusting enough to do as you are prompted to do...”

‘I cannot define the word ‘yoga’ for you because it’s definition differs for each &

every individual on this earth. Your own individual

experience out of it’s sincere & routine practice will define

it’s meaning for your-self.’Come Let us define Yoga for

Ourselves.

Dr. Urvi Shah Dr. Urvi Shah (Chauhan)(Chauhan)

Homoeopathy and Yoga ConsultantsHomoeopathy and Yoga Consultants

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