positive thoughts

Have you seen ripples formed when a stone is thrown in a water body The ripples are like thoughts The impulses get diminished as it progresses with time These ripples are like our thoughts They happen and diminish with time The process is complex in respect of our body and mind The ripples of thought retain and recreated sometimes which are associated with negative thoughts which can be salvaged with more and more positive thoughts Dr and medicines can not heal them but the change of your thought process can do them well

Essence of beauty is universal

 Nature has beauty in abundance    The problem is  we become selective     We want to see  the beauty  of our choice    For example Flower is a beautiful  creation of nature    But We want to appreciate Flowers which are big and has fragrance    Ignoring those which are small and nameless and blooming by the side of a road or at a small corner where  it gets ignored by  all    But Sun is great which reaches every one big or small     The great poet Tagore  has written on it     It is in Bengali  so I translate the meaning    

There was a nameless small flower  just peeping from a hole in a wall    The big big flowers in the garden  there  just  passed scathing remarks about the small flower but the Sun comes to it  welcomes it and says How are you    little friend     

 The gist is that we just forget to  see  little beauties  which are in abundance in nature    We must perceive each and every beauty bigor small    and appreciate    This habit if we can inculcate within us shall never let us grow old

खुश रहना सीखो

 उदासी का मंजर गर हो सामने

 रंजो  गम     का समा हो

गम को मुस्तकिल न बनाओ

सामने   जिन्दगी  खडी है

ये गम ये आंसू    भी बदल जायेंगे 

जो खुशी के माहौल मे रम जायेंगे

होंठो  पर मुस्कराहट  लाना सीखो

हर हाल मे खुश रहना सीखो

Love is absolute

 Love is absolute, it has no direction, it is smooth, it has to be achieved, it cannot be captured, this feeling lives in a corner of the mind, it is difficult to say when it will bloom, in an instant, branches, roots, everything will grow, now it is as if a world is being reflected without knowing.

The world is like that Nothing is for sure here What you think right may be wrong It is because you see more to believe The superficial and not the fact The ears are prone to hear The half truths that are there You go with what you see You go with what you hear You seldom look into facts To know the truths that lies The gossips take their turn And bring chaos to churn

CONTAIN Negativity in Your Life

Each one of us in life is governed by some emotions driven by our behaviour and response to the situation  We call them positive or negative emotions.

Happiness, calmness,benevolence, love, kindness are some of the positive emotions; while stress, anxiety, hatred, bitterness and anger are called as negative emotions. 

While we gain immensely physically and mentally from positive emotions, we are always losers going for negative emotions. We find that our mind is the source for all emotions so it is better to keep our mind at ease always. 

What we must do is to increase our mental capacity and awareness to read all situations coming to our life intelligently and judiciously. We must realize that the challenges are many in our life due to so much adversity and callousness all around us. While dealing with them we must practice utmost control upon us and convert those situations in favour with our positive behaviour. In this way we shall find that if we learn to check our emotions in extreme situations and choose appropriate solutions for the situations we shall be the gainer in the end. 

To achieve  this we must exercise assertiveness training more and more in our life. This will inculcate in us in us such of the qualities, like being respectful to others, not blaming others and minimizing the chances to harm anybody.   

As I have told earlier that a strong mind and strong body will have more capacity to face any situation and deal with any problem it will be beneficial to follow such methods which may enhance our physical and mental capacity.   

Some of which are given below---  

1. To follow Yoga postures     
2. To practice breathing and relaxation exercises                  
3. To practice meditation      
4. Exercise regularly               
5. Seek professional help, whenever required.

O' traveler of life!

O'  traveler of life!

You keeping moving ahead...

Never look back,

and never be slow.

Virtuous you are

Overcome the obstacles,

with courage and self belief

Break all shackles

You, the dedicated soul,

Keep eyes on your goal.

You have to  resolve

allowing the faith to evolve.

Always keep in mind

nothing is impossible in this world.

Your whole-hearted effort will never lose its' sheen;

There is no doubt you will win.

Yoga: The Magic Mantra for a Healthy Heart

What is Yoga?                 

Yoga is a way of life of self-discipline or simply the art of living. It is the integrated system of an education for the body; the mind and the inner spirit.

Practices of Yoga

There are spiritual as well as scientific path/ practices of Yoga.  Spiritual practices are ‘Karma Yoga’,  ‘Gnyana Yoga’ and ‘Bhakti Yoga’. The scientific practice is ‘Raja Yoga’.

Today we discuss more about the scientific one i.e. ‘Raja Yoga’. ‘Raja Yoga’ again has 8 elements that relate to inner realisation and physical postures/practices.

The physical practices contain elements like Asanas and Pranayam exercises. There is another practice named Meditation which relates to mental concentration. All of the above practices have distinct features which can be followed for physical and mental upliftment.

Asanas

There are many Asanas called Yogasanas.  These are different postures of the body. Asanas teach a person about the movements i.e. most appropriate for the individual.  Yogasanas when performed in a slow, relaxed and proper manner tends to develop more than just the body. The Yogasanas help in the following manner –

• A gentle stretch lubricate the joints giving steadiness and comfort to soothe the muscles, ligaments and tendons.
• Helps to tone the nervous system.
• Helps to enhance the mental and spiritual capability reducing stress and anxiety.
• Reduces body's toxic burden by tacking the waste removal system ( skin, kidney, liver and other organs.
• Inefficient functioning of muscles are corrected.
• A healthy body nourishes the immune system of the body.

Pranayam

These are breathing control exercises and helps to regulate one's breathing in accordance with the capacity of lung function. There are various methods of Pranayams being practiced  One of them is called the 'Nadi Shuddhi Pranayam'. 

In brief the practice is as follows- 

                          

1. Sit in chin pose i.e. straight posture( back bone) straight.
2. Put your hands straight, elbow straight, palms touching the knees, thumbs touching the index fingers.
3. Ensure your nostrils are clear and can practice normal breathing.
4. Put your right thumb on right nostril to block and inhale through the left nostril for 4 seconds or count 1,2,3,4.
5. Put ring finger on left nostril to block and exhale through right nostril for 8 seconds or count 1to8.
6. Again inhale through right nostril counting 1to4.
7. Exhale through left nostril counting1to8.
8. Now take your hands back clasping your palms.
9. Deep inhale and bend forward.
10. Now exhaling come back to your posture.
11. Rub your palms vigorously and put the palms over your eyes.
12. Spread fingers and slowly open your eyes.

Note- Breathing cycles may be repeated 10 to 20 times as desired.