Imagine an activity that increases your flexibility, strengthens your muscles, centers your thoughts, and relaxes and calms you. Yoga does all that and more! In this article, I will review a brief history and the philosophy of yoga, the different types of yoga, the benefits, equipment you need to do it, where to do it, how to get started, and a whole lot more.
Yoga helps us to move from Body-Image to the Body-Actual. Our body image is created by culture, memories and beliefs and does not represent the real body. Many mind-body pathologies are the result of the wrong body image. ‘Body Actual’ is the body’s map in the brain and represents the real body. Living in the Body-Actual grounds the awareness in reality and creates stability. It also saves the body from the artificial manipulation and alteration of body parts that happens as the result of many Body Dysmorphic Disorders. In Body Dysmorphic Disorders, a person is obsessed with the false idea that there is something wrong with the body and its appearance (nose, eyes, face etc.) and tries to correct them personally by mutilating them or opt for repetitive surgical interventions.
Paying attention to body postures brings the mind and body together. Normally our mind is absorbed in thinking and is distracted while the body is in action. Integration of mind-body creates a state of harmony and results in a sense of well-being.
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