Article on Yoga Day

The World Yoga Day

       The World Yoga Day has been celebrated on 21^st June every year since 2015. The World Yoga Day has been declared by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in the UN General Assembly held in 2014. Yoga is originally from India. Yoga is the practice of physical exercise in ancient India. Yoga is the practice of physical, mental, and spiritual maintenance. The world yoga day is celebrated to increase the awakening of the people regarding yoga.

The need for Yoga  

Our life became so busy and restless in such a way that we do not have time to take care of health. Most of the people in the world are doing secondary work. Due to the facility of computers, the internet, smartphones, etc. people can do most of the work just by sitting in one place constantly from any place in the world. In the offices, one person can do the job of the four-person. Also, people get the habit of eating junk food, snacks, fast food, etc. any time when they feel hungry. But this results in weakening the life of the community power. Thus they get attack by health problems such as body pain, back pain, headache, diabetes, obesity, coronary heart disease, renal problem, brain stroke, paralysis, hypertension, stress, etc. The solution to overcome all these problems is Yoga. Yoga now became an essential part of our life. By practicing yoga daily at least for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hr., you may keep yourself fit and energetic.

Pranayama in Yoga ( breathing exercise)

         Pranayama

 ( breathing exercise) in yoga is very important which can do for in 20 minutes or in your accordance. Yoga keeps the balance between mental and physical health. Before doing pranayama you must sit in the correct posture. You just close your eyes and chant ‘Om’ in rhythm at least for 10 times or if you can, you may chant for 21 times. By doing this you get peace of mind and concentration. There are many types of pranayamas. Out of which the three pranayamas namely Bhastrika, Kapal Bhati and Anulom Vilom are also enough to keep you fit mentally and physically.    

Bhastrika

         In Bhastrika pranayama, you inhale air with both the nostrils in medium speed and exhale it in the same way. You can do this pranayama at least for 5 to 10 minutes. This pranayama helps to increase the oxygen level in the body and you feel fresh and energetic. 

Kapal Bhati

         In Kapal Bhati pranayama, you exhale air through the nose continuously without inhaling air in between. While exhaling the air you find the movement of your stomach going in and out. This pranayama will help you to increase the immunity power and also improve the function of the stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, uterus, ovary, gastric glands, etc. It also helps in reducing fats, cholesterol, and balancing the sugar level in the blood.

Anulom Vilom

         Anulom Vilom is one of the popular pranayamas. In this pranayama, you close your right side nostril by your right hand’s thumb and inhale air with left nostril. Now open the right nostril and close the left nostril by the two middle fingers of the right hand and exhale air through right nostrils. Now inhale the air through right nostrils close it by the thumb and open the left nostrils and exhale air through it. This process completes one cycle of Anulom Vilom. This pranayama you can do at least 15 minutes. This pranayama helps you to keep your nervous system healthy. The function of the brain as well as the function of all sensory organs improves and also normalizes the blood pressure. In fact, the whole body organs remain healthy.   

         Thus all these three pranayamas are very useful. This pranayama activates all the cells in our body. You will feel energetic and fresh for the whole day. You can do your work tirelessly and confidently. All negative thoughts and nervousness will remove and you will remain fit and happy. If you don’t have enough time you can do any one of the pranayamas given above, also get the same result. But you must do pranayamas regularly to get good results.

Suryanamaskar – a complete yoga

         Suryanamaskar (sun salutation) to bow in front of the sun. Suryanamaskar is one of the most important physical exercises in yoga. In ancient times, the Rishi (sage of Vedic period) used to do Suryanamaskar to pay devotion to the sun by chanting the mantras of the sun. Suryanamaskar is a full-body exercise. It includes eight asanas (physical exercise) in sequence such as (Pranamasana, Urdhva Hastasana, Phalakasana, Chaturanga Dandasana, Urdhva Mukhasana, Uttanasana, and again back to Pranamasanna). Since all these asanas motivate all the body parts such as head, eyes, neck, shoulders, arms, legs, back, waist, spine, etc. All asanas are related to spines so our body becomes flexible. We remain active forever. The regular practice of Suryanamaskar regulates breathing, improves blood circulation of the body, increase the concentration, reduce stress, reduce excess weight, and fats around the stomach. As you practice Suryanamaskar you need not do any other asanas. Thus Suryanamaskar is very beneficial to us.

The World Yoga Day 2020

       In this year the whole world is fighting against the COVID-19. So the prime minister Narendra Modi advised doing yoga at home. If all family members decide to do yoga together every member remains fit and healthy. This is today’s need to increase immunity power. If you practice yoga regularly you never get affected by any virus-like COVID-19 and you and your family stay safe. Thus the citizens of India followed the advice of prime minister Narendra Modi and performed yoga at home.

  

         Thus yoga plays a remarkable role in our life. For the beginner who wishes to do yoga learn it properly from any yoga guru(teacher) or yoga instructor. Adopt yoga and live healthy life.