Yoga and Wellness

Description

This book explores yoga as a mind-body complementary and alternative medicine practice that unites physical and mental disciplines to achieve peacefulness, manage stress, and handle anxiety. Tracing its origins, the text examines the first mentions of yoga in the Rig Veda as "yoking" or "discipline," and its further development in the AtharvaVeda with an emphasis on breath control. The volume covers the universal scope of yoga and Vedanta, detailing how practitioners can overcome physical bondage by restraining the senses, mastering the mind, and controlling thoughts and desires to achieve a steady ascent to the Divine. In addition to these spiritual goals, the book discusses contemporary applications, examining how physical postures alleviate health problems, reduce stress, improve spinal flexibility, and serve as complete exercise programs and physical therapy routines. Ultimately, the publication delineates every aspect of yoga, presenting a systematic history of the succession of yogic knowledge from its earliest beginnings alongside its diverse modern and traditional dimensions.