How Yoga Therapy Can Cure Diseases?

Yoga therapy vs allopathy. Yoga therapy can be used as complementary therapy in association with medicinal therapy. Basically yoga is not a therapy, but yogic exercises are quite useful in treatment of many diseases. Yoga cures the root cause of disease irrespective of symptoms. For some diseases like hypertension, diabetes etc yoga can provide better cure.

Yoga practice is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor. You need to consult with your physician for proper diagnosis of your disease before attempting yoga therapy. Allopathic treatment is unavoidable in case of severity of the disease or where surgical intervention is mandatory.

Consult a Yoga Expert. For therapy, a yoga expert can suggest appropriate yogic exercises and kriyas that may heal the patient's mind and body. It is important to note that yoga exercises for a particular patient are selected as per his specific disease. However, all the yogic exercises work in tandem to provide good health and we can not say that a particular asana or a set of asanas can cure a disease.

Ideally healing by yoga is preventive in nature. Therefore, start yoga as early as possible between 30 to 40 years of age when you are still healthy and most likely you will enjoy good health till old age. But there is no upper age limit to yoga.

Five Sheaths. According to yoga philosophy there are five sheaths of human existence, first and innermost is physical body, second is vital body known as Prana through which vital energy flows throughout the nadis. Third sheath is mind, which is the seat of emotions and thoughts. Fourth sheath is our knowledge termed as intellect. Last and outermost sheath is known as Bliss/ Soul which includes universal consciousness.

Imbalance of energy produces disease. Our soul is a part of supreme consciousness and is pure. The fourth and fifth sheath is permeated by a universal consciousness and is not disturbed by our actions/ thinking. When a person is truly healthy, the positive energy in the highest sheath percolates freely to lower ones and brings total harmony to all faculties. However, imbalances in first three sheaths can block free flow of energy. This imbalance in lower sheaths is the cause of diseases.

Root Cause Of Suffering.

Human sufferings are rooted in illusion. People think that what they observe through their senses is the true nature of the world. Most of us are slaves to emotions like ego, anger, lust, power, money or greed. But we forget that our soul which is above all emotions is the highest sheath of existence and is a part of supreme consciousness. Once we realise our true self by inculcating self awareness through yoga practice, all diseases will vanish. When you have control of your mind and body, that is bliss.

Healing Power Yoga, How Yoga Therapy Heals?

Yoga therapy aims removes the blockages to free flow of energy in the three lower sheaths. Makes us self aware and removes negative enery. Yoga healing is by right mix of the following :

• Shat Kriyas: Effective elimination/ detoxification and purification of body.
• Asanas: To relax and tone the muscles and give massage to internal organs and glands.
• Pranayama: Regulates the breathing and flow of Prana, the vital energy.
• Meditation: Ensures peace of mind and possible connection with mind and body.
• Yoga diet: Simple diet principles ensure good health.
• Positive affirmations: There is strong effect of our emotions and thinking on our health. Yoga practice can remove your negative energy and replace it with positive affirmations for health. A positive frame of mind is essential for recovery of patient. The prevention and healing of disease is a process that begins in the mind.
• Stimulation of endocrine glands: Endocrine glands play a very important role in regulating body functions. Yoga chakras are location for endocrine glands. Yoga practice exercises various glands to perform optimally.

Yogic Exercises Asanas, Pranayama and meditation techniques when performed in a planned manner with a specific purpose prove to be much more effective.

Yoga therapy teaches us how to properly make use of infinite energy available in the universe and channelises it properly in the body. For perfect health follow the eight fold path of yoga ie ashtanga yoga as enunciated by sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras.

Once your mind and body is rejuvenated by practice of asanas and pranayama, it is time to move further on your spiritual journey and move towards concentration, meditation and sadhana. Progress in this realm requires faith and determination.

Start yoga when you are healthy. If you catch a disease, still yoga treatment techniques can help.