Yoga: Truth about Your Health

The human body, which contains imbalances ofcharacter and compassion. While a beginner does not
physical and mental level, develops disease either ofrealize that they are actually building their mind as well
body or mind eventually. Many people if they do notas their bodies when performing these postures. Many
feel any pain or discomfort do not realize this and gopeople after practicing yoga for few days experience
on with their lives. Yoga has the ability to cure thesefeeling light and having a cheerful mood. As long as a
underlying imbalances and keeps a person healthy andperson has his health they do not think about
also helps the person from contracting any diseases indeveloping their mind. But we need healthy bodies in
future.order to get a healthy mind and yoga helps in
Many People do not realize that the human body, mindachieving those.
and soul are interconnected with each other and haveUnless we are ready to cross the boundaries and
be in harmony for the human body to function properly.compulsions provided by the human body we will not
Any time the imbalance occurs in one of them, it willbe able to cross the known frontiers, that is to
eventually lead to developing some form of disease. Inincrease our perception and build character, yoga is
fact the health of a human body can be categorizedideal for this. The qualities to unlocking the potential of
into the following Physical Health, Mental Health, Moralhuman body and mind are purity and sensitivity. Not
Health and Health of perception. If the Person has aonly do they just help us becoming a better person but
firm body and emotionally stable mind they will gainalso help our surrounding environment. On the other
wisdom and eventually lead to freeing the soul.hand we should avoid the rigidity for it means
But a student of yoga never forgets that health startsbecoming impure and will make us insensitive.
with the physical body. Health of the physical body isPeople must realize that we must maintain a harmony
not something you would want to bargain for nor can itwithin our body, as well as with the world. For example
achieved in the form of taking medicine or healtha man has become used to comforts in life which he
supplements. It can be earned only through effort andbuys with his wealth such as a temperature controlled
sweat. If a plant or a tree is healthy then the fruitshouse and car which he uses to drive distances he
yielded by it are in abundance. Likewise, if a person iscan easily walk. By failing to adapt to the surroundings
healthy then great things can be achieved by him.easily he is putting himself at risk, for instance what
Practicing yogasana (various yoga postures) forhappens if he loses his wealth suddenly and all the
achieving physical health is just the beginning, when acomfort of life vanishes as he cannot afford them
person is performing a simple yoga posture they willeasily anymore? By maintaining a balance with our
experience various levels of quest. They are, externalbody and surroundings we will be able to adapt easily
quest tones the physical self, internal quest helps ato the changes in life, yoga teaches a person to adapt
person attain clarity of mind and gain wisdom, whileeasily to anything in life.
innermost quest helps a yogi (student of yoga) to build