Yoga for Health

What is Yoga?

Yoga is blessing of God.

1. Yoga can bring good health, peace, happiness and blissfulness in your life
2. It keeps body fit
3. Increases mental power
4. Increases willpower
5. It brings positive thoughts
6. Keeps mind sharp
7. Brings good deed
8. Brings inner and outer beauty

Why Yoga?

In God's treasure the biggest gift is the Human Body.  We should be thankful of him for giving us this gift.  Keeping the body healthy and happy, that is the worship of God.  If we do not take care of this gift, it is a disgrace to him.  If we are not careful of our body, we are responsible for it, not God.

To keep the body healthy we need five things:

• Flexibility
• Clean internal organs
• Clean nervous system
• Proper eating habits
• Keep the mind happy and peaceful

When to perform Yoga?

Best time to perform yoga is 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.  If you do not have time in the morning, perform it in the afternoon before dinner only if you haven't eaten heavy lunch.  You can perform the yoga after freshen up from your long day at work.  The time to perform the yoga should not exceed 1 hour a day.

How to perform Yoga?

There are thousands of Yoga.  Keeping today's lifestyle in mind, Swamiji has selected 20 exercises.  All of which can be done in 20 minutes (one a minute).  Please do not do the yoga if you have any physical condition or if you are sick.  If your stomach feels heavy, do not do the yoga instead drink water.  You should do the yoga in a good environment.  The place you choose should be clean and refreshing.  Do not overdo any Yoga.

1. Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar)

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2. Brain Exercise

   1. Close ears with thumbs
   2. Close eyes with index fingers
   3. Intake the air using nostrils and hold
   4. Close nostrils with middle fingers
   5. Close the mouth with ring fingers and pinky
   6. Blow the mouth like balloon

3. Eyes Exercise

   1. Open the eyes as wide as possible and look straight
   2. Move the pupils up, down, left, right, sideways and cross-eyed slowly
   3. Move the pupils in clockwise and counter clockwise slowly – 3 times

4. Neck Exercise

   1. Pull the chin down towards chest, press it towards chest
   2. Push the head back
   3. Then to the left shoulder
   4. Then to the right shoulder
   5. Rotate the head clockwise slowly – 3 times
   6. Rotate the head counter clockwise slowly – 3 times

5. Shoulder Exercise

   1. Keep the legs straight on the floor
   2. Move the hands with strength like rowing a boat – clockwise and counter clockwise – 5 times each

6. Shoulder and Arms Exercise

   1. Stand up on the knees
   2. Make the hand movement like you are lifting weights – 10 times
   3. Make a fist and release with strength – 10 times
   4. Make a fist and rotate clockwise and counter clockwise with strength – 5 times each
7. Arms Exercise
8. Hands and Face Exercise

9. Lungs and Arms Exercise

   1. Slowly raise hands and inhale
   2. Slowly lower hands and exhale
   3. Follow steps 1 & 2 - 10 times
   4. Briskly raise hands and inhale
   5. Briskly lower hands and exhale
   6. Follow steps 4 & 5 - 10 times
10. Wrist Exercise

11. Standing - Intestine Exercise

    1. Hold your knees with hand
    2. Exhale all the air out of stomach
    3. Hold breathing
    4. Move your body left to right and vice-versa so the intestine moves
    5. Repeat above steps - 3 times
12. Standing - Stomach Exercise
13. Sitting – Intestine Exercise
14. Sitting – Leg Exercise
15. Lay down- Stomach Exercise
16. Fat Reducing Exercise
17. Spinal Cord / Back Exercise
18. Hip/Groin Exercise
19. Thigh – Stomach Exercise
20. Standing – Toes and legs Exercise