Why Yoga?

• It can change your ways of living and thinking for better.
• It can make a person more compassionate and more truthful.
• It can increase power of concentration to a great extent, thereby influencing all spheres of
learning and decision making.
• It has tremendous potential to prevent and cure a number of diseases specially lifestyle, chronic
and psychosomatic diseases.
• It can help you develop your personality holistically.
• It can improve better personal, social, family and work place life.
• It can make the society a better place to live in by resolving conflicts, promoting better
understanding and bringing about reduction in crime rate in society.
• Yoga is useful every where whether it is in mountaineering or space flight or in ocean diving.
• It can provide a theoretical and practical foundation for developing 21st century lifestyle.
• Over and above all it can make you fearless, more responsible and a better administrator.

What is Yoga?

There are 2 most popular definitions of Yoga.
योगश्चित्त्वृत्तिनिरोध: !! पायोसू-1(2)!!
• Yoga is science of arresting the modifications of the mind.
• Yoga is for tranquillity of the mind.
• Yoga is for concentration and meditation.
योग:कर्मसुकौशलम !!गीता-2(50)!!
• Yoga stand for performing the task with perfection.

Eight fold steps of Yoga

Maharishi Patanjali has propounded 8 fold steps of Yoga as follows:-
• 1- Yama ( Restraints)
• 2- Niyama (Observances)
• 3- Asanas ( Postures or exercises)
• 4- Pranayama (Regulation of breath)
• 5- Pratyahara (Withdrawal of senses from their objects)
• 6- Dharna (Trying to fix the mind)
• 7- Dyana (Concentration)
• 8- Samadhi (Blissful state of Deep Concentration)

3 qualities

• Satvik (Purity, enlighten, white)
• Rajasik (Active principle, Red)
• Taamasik (Static, Black)

5 states of mind (Chitta)

• Moodh (stupid, foolish, lazy, immobile, full of Tamashik and less of Satvik and Rajsik qualities, full of sex, anger, greed & lust unable to concentrate, not fit for Yoga)
• Kshipta (Hyper-active, more of Rajas and less of tamsik and Satvik qualities, tendency of lust, attraction and animity towards worldly things, unable to concentrate, unfit for Yoga)
• Vikshipt (At times able to concentrate and at times not, slightly
more of Satva and less of Tamasik and Rajasik qualities, fit for Yoga)
• Ekaagra (Highly concentrated, More of Satva, and very less of Rajas and Tamas, lead to Sampragyaat Samadhi.
• Niruddha (Advance stage of Yoga, Asampragyat Samadhi)
Are you a Yoga practitioner?
• Are you able to fix your mind at will on any given object and withdraw from
it at will?
• If answer is yes, it is an indication that you are practising Yoga well and that with constant practice you will be able to
• achieve tranquillity and peace of mind,
• achieve power of deep concentrate,
• aquire ability to develop yourself physically, mentally, morally and spiritually in a positive manner,
• will be able to set a positive goal of lite , achieve it and
• enjoy higher happiness scale.
In case the answer is no, then you are likely to lead a life as your mind goes (identified with modifications of vrittis ) with lesser happiness scale.
5 types of modifications of the mind
• Pramaana (Right knowledge)
• Viparyaya (Indiscrimination)
• Vikalpa (Verbal delusion)
• Nidra (Sleep)
• Smrithi (Memory)
Some of these modifications are painful and some are not.
Knowing all the knowables
• Throgh constant practice and detachment the mind (vrittis) can be purified, modifications can be arrested and kept under control.
• There are various methods of meditation. One should select a method best suited to him/her.
• Obstructions and distractions may come during practice. It may lead to non-retention of concentration and the same is accompanied by grief, mental distress, tremor of the body and irregular breathing. To remedy this condition try to concentrate on any one subject or God again and again.
• Thus meditating the Yogis mind become unobstructed from smallest atom to infinite.
Samadhis
• Deep concentrations lead of diffent stages of blissful states or Samadhis.
• The lower form of Samadhi is Sampragyat Samadhi which is of 4 kinds. During this different type of right knowledge is acquired. By further constant practice and renunciation a higher form of Samadhi known as Asampragyat Samadhi is attained where in different level of knowledge is attained. In this practice a stage known as Ritambhara comes. The knowledge about common objects is gained from testimony and inference. Here a knowledge of much higher order filled with truth is gained.
• The highest goal of Yoga is seedless (nirveej ) Samadhi. Ashtsiddhis
• In course of practice Yogis attain the following 8 types of siddhis or powers:-
• 1- Annima ( Power to make body very small)
• 2- Laghima (Power to make body very light)
• 3- Mahima (Power to make body big)
• 4- Prapti (Power to attain any object at will)
• 5- Prakamya ( Power to fulfil desires without any hindrance )
• 6- Vashitva (Power to control 5 mahabhootas and material things)
• 7- Ishitva ( Power to make or destroy material things)
• 8- Yatrakamavasayitva (Power to fulfil all wills)
Ancient concepts of Holistic Development
• Purushartha (Things we should do)
• 1- Dharma (Spiritual development)
• 2- Artha (Earn wealth)
• 3- Kama (Sex for reproduction)
• 4- Moksha (Liberation)
Ancient concepts of Holistic Development 2
• Holistic Personal development
• 1- Physical development
• 2- Mental development
• 3- Ethical and Moral development
• 4- Spiritual development
Ancient concepts of Holistic Development 3
• Holistic Development of Society
• 1- Development of knowledgable people and Intellectual property
• 2- Development of strong force for internal and internal security
• 3- Development of trading community , trade, commerce and wealth
• 4- Development of labour force and their welfare.
Manage and lead the change. Future is yours.
Thank you