Yoga QCI Wellness Ghatkopar GMM

1. Yoga and Wellness
Ghantali Mitra Mandal
Ghatkopar
QCI

2. What is Health?
- Definition by WHO
• A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely absence of disease
- Being healthy and feeling healthy
• Wellbeing – being healthy and feeling healthy
• Happy and healthy
- Definition of Asana by Patanjaly
• Sthir Sukham Asanam

3. As per yogic health
• Physical health
Ahaar
Vihaar
Vishranti
• Mental Health
Vichar
Vikaar
Vivek

4. o Causes of sickness is the Impurities at
various levels. Such as
• Mind (Mansik)
• Speech (Vachik)
• Body ( Kayik)
o Discomfort at any level is also illness.

5. • Yoga is wonderful addition to your
normal activities
• What is the role of yoga in health and
wellness?

6. • Strength (builds muscle strength)
• Perfects your Posture
• Balance / Balancing Act
• Flexibility
• Joint Mobility
• Wellness
• Mental health
• Pain reliever
• Ray of Light
• Happy day

7. • Stay sharp
• Rest easy / sleep deeper
• Cool Inflammation
• Younger looking DNA
• Your spine in Yoga
• Keep your heart healthy
• BP in control / but increase in
blood flow
• Power source

8. • Drains your Lymph and boost immunity
• Regulates your adrenal gland
• Helps you focus
• Improves your muscle tone
• Helps keep you drug free
• Keeps allergies and viruses at bay

9. Modern life creates plenty of challenges to
health of humans
• Fast changing trends (creates mental,
moral, spiritual and physical problems)
• Confusion and chaos
• Tension and stress
• Competition and commercialization
All these creates helplessness in personal
hygiene and health
 Your right to enjoy happy and free life

10. Science and technology helps to reduce
physical labour but in lieu of that it adds
mental form of labour
• Insomnia, gastric trouble, acidity, diabetes,
hyper tension – all these are the outcome
of technology and science
• What we do
 Irregular and faulty eating habits, no
physical exercise, lack of proper rest
 Yoga has the remedy of it

11. Yogic concept of health and disease
• Modern medicine good for health – rapid,
proper
• Good for contagious disease (infections)
• But incurable for stress and related issues

12. What is yogic concept?
Structural aspects of the human being
• Panch Kosa – Five fold of Existence
• Tri-sharir – three fold – bodily nature
• Seven Substances – Rasa, Rakta, Maansa,
Meda, Asthi, Majja and Sukra
• Tri Doshas – Vaata, Pitta, Kapha
• Five Pran and Five Upprana
• Nadis and Chakras (Psycho Neuro Imuno
Endocrine axis)

13. Quality of Physical Health
• Upnishad shvetasatara 2.13
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Vapu Krushatvam
• Patanjal 3.46
• Mastery of Samana gives effulgence
• Bhagvad geeta – sthita-prajna – 2.48
• 16.1 – 16.3 – Spiritual Health

14. लघुत्वमारोग्यमलोलुपत्वं
वर्णप्रसाद: स्वरसौष्ठवं च |
गन्ध: शुभो मूत्रपुरीषमल्पं
योगप्रवृत्तं प्रथमां वदत्न्ि ||२.१३|| श्वेिास्विार उपत्िषद
 Body - Light
 Mind - desireless
 Complexion – Clear
 Voice – Beautiful
 Odour – agreeable
 Excretion - Scanty

15. वपु: कृशत्वं वदिे प्रसन्ििा | िादस्फुटत्वं ियिे सुत्िमणले ||
अरोगिा त्िन्दुजयोत्ग्िदीपिं | िाडीत्वशुत्िर्णठसित्सत्ि लषणमर्म || २.७८ र्.प्र. ||
Body – lean
Face – Cheerful
Voice – Clear
Eyes – Bright
Health – freedom from illness
Urges – under control
Fire - Alight
Body state - Clean

16. रूपलावण्यिलवज्रसंर्िित्वात्ि कायसम्पि ॥ 3.४६॥
Beautiful Appearance
Gracefull
Strength
Adamantine
ability to withstand pressure or strokes
the treasure of the body

17. Bhagvad Geeta
Desire-less
Situation Stability
Emotional Stability
Complete Self Control
Tranquility
Established in Fullness
Oneness with Brahman

18. अभयं सत्त्वसंशुत्िर्ज्ाणियोगव्यवत्स्थत्ि:।
दािं दमश्च यर्ज्श्च स्वाध्यायस्िप आजणवम।।16.1।।
दैवी संपदा को प्राप्त र्ुए पुरूष के लषणमर् र्ैं :
अभय, अंिःकरर् की अच्छी प्रकार से शुिी, र्ज्ाि— योग में त्िरंिर दृढ़ त्स्थत्ि और दाि
िथा इंत्ियों का दमि, यर्ज्, स्वाध्याय िथा िय एवं शरीर और इंत्ियों के सत्र्ि अंिःकरर्
की सरलिा।
अत्र्ंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शात्न्िरपैशुिम।
दया भूिेष्वलोलुप्‍त्वं मादणवं ह्रररचापलम।। 2।।
दैवी संयदायुक्ि पुरुष के अन्य लषणमर् र्ैं : अत्र्ंसा, सत्य, अक्रोध, त्याग, शांत्ि और त्कसी
की भी त्िंदात्द ि करिा िथा सि भूि प्रात्र्यों में दया, अलोलुपिा, कोमलिा िथा लोक
और शास्त्र के त्वरुि आचरर् में लज्जा और व्यथण चेष्टाओंका अभाव;

19. िेज: षणममा धृत्ि: शौचमिोर्ोिात्िमात्ििा ।
भवत्न्ि संपदं दैवीमीत्भजािस्य भारि।। 3।।
िथा िेज, षणममा, धैयण और शौच अथाणि िार्र— भीिर की शुत्ि एवं अिोर्
अथाणि त्कसी में भी शत्रु— भाव का ि र्ोिा और अपिे में पूज्यिा के अत्भमाि
का अभाव— ये सि िो र्े अजुणि, दैवी संपदा को प्राप्त र्ुए पुरूष के लषणमर् र्ैं।

20. Yogic Concept of Disease
• Aadhi + Vyadhi
• Five Kleshas
• Swasthya
• Sat chit Ananda
• Vyadhi – one of the nine obstacles by
Patanjali muni

21. How to remove diseases
• Yama Niyama – Internal and external Harmony
• Prana – what all 5 pranas helping for health
• Naadis – (Channels) – any blockage leads to Diseases
• How to overcome – Asana and Pranayama
• Kujirna – ati Jirna – Ajirna (कुजीर्ण, अत्िजीर्ण, अजीर्ण)
• Cleansing the Body

22. Yogic concept of healthy living
What to avoid – Yoga Vasishtha
1. Unwholesome food
2. Unhealthy places
3. Working at unreasonable hours
4. Association with the wicked
5. Longing after improper things
6. Evil desires and bad thoughts

23. Sattvik person Rājasik person Tamasik person
Personality
defects
Complete control on
emotions, thoughts
and actions
Angry, jealous, proud,
egoistic, bossy,
attention seeking,
greedy, going to any
extent to fulfil worldly
ambitions and
desires, worrying, day
dreamer
Lazy, inactive,
depressed, extremely
selfish, not thinking
about others or even
harming them when
fulfilling one’s selfish
ends, irritable
Virtues
All virtues, truthful
and lawful, tolerant,
serene, stable
intellect, not
egotistical.
Eventually goes
beyond virtues and
defects. Fearless
about death.
Industrious but
directionless efforts in
terms of spiritual
growth
None

24. Sattvik person Rājasik person Tamasik person
Main way of
gaining
happiness
Acquiring knowledge,
skills, helping others,
meditation, increasing
spiritual
level. Eventually goes
beyond happiness-
unhappiness and
towards Bliss
Gaining authority,
worldly possessions
Eating, drinking, sexual
intercourse etc.
In relation to
others
Living to serve society
and help people grow
spiritually. Here growing
spiritually means in a
more universal sense
according to the 6 basic
laws of spiritual practice.
Self-centred or helping
others with a lot of ego
about the help being
given
Harming others. Most
tamasik – harming
society at large in the
name of religion or some
ideology.
Sleep 4-6 hours 7-9 hours 12-15 hours
Spiritual
power
High Slight Very low

25. Sāttvik Rājasik Tāmasik
Food
Wheat, cucumber,
spinach, sugar,
milk, butter,
clarified butter
(ghee), cinnamon,
almonds, walnut,
cashew nuts
Highly salty,
bitter, sour,
pungent and hot
foods (e.g. boiling
hot tea or coffee),
onion, garlic
Dried vegetables, chilled or
frozen foods, twice heated
foods, foul smelling, stale,
soiled food, half cooked (as
in meat that is rare),
uncooked food, food
difficult to digest, non-
vegetarian food, wines and
alcohol
Colour
White, yellow, blue
Red, Crimson,
Green, Violet
Black, any shade of colour
that has a high percentage
of black
Clothes
(material)
Natural fibre such
as cotton, silk,
cowhide
Hide of animal
skins
Man made clothes such as
lycra, nylon etc., Torn
clothes, Unironed clothes

26. Music
Hymns written by
Saints, music
composed by Saints
Country music, pop
music, most film
songs etc.
Heavy metal, music
that encourages
violence and drugs
Movies
Enlightening society to
make the world a better
place spiritually or at a
worldly level
Action films, thrillers
Pornography,
Violence, Horror
movies
Books
Books that increase
spiritual understanding
in the universal sense
of the word
Books that increase
emotions and
attachment to the
world
Books that incite
degradation of
Spirituality, harming
of society
Company
and
entertainm
ent
Seekers of God
practicing spirituality
according to the six
basic principles of
spiritual practice
Social engagements
where the topic of
conversation is
primarily worldly
issues, business etc.
Shopping as a
pastime
Company of drug
addicts, rave parties,
parties that promote
any type of addiction,
meeting that facilitate
the harming of
society

27. Marriage
Spiritual growth
takes centre stage
in the couple’s
relationship,
spiritual love
without
expectation
Gathering
worldly
possessions,
worldly love
with
expectation
Discord,
mistrust,
violence and
fighting

29. 1
Annamaya
Kosha
Matter Physical
Senses and
Physical body
2.
Pranamaya
Kosha
Vital Air Energy Driving Force
3
Manomaya
Kosha
Mind Mental
Reason, Logic,
Emotion
4
Vigyanmaya
Kosha
Intellect and
Ego
Wisdom
Discriminating
Faculty
5
Anandmaya
Kosha
Innermost Bliss Independent

31. Thank You