Yoga: Union, Communion & Reunion

FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE-01 www.yogaiya.in www.yogaiya.in A SELF-REGULATORY BODY OF YOGA ORGANISATIONS FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE-01 A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF INDIAN YOGA ASSOCIATION IYA Family Reunion @ Prashanti PURPOSE Reaching the message of Yoga based on traditional and scientific foundation ue Unifying the diverse traditions of Yoga l Va YOGVANI 1 FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE-01 www.yogaiya.in Editor’s Note Yoga: Union, Communion & Reunion Y Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani ( Editor-in-Chief ) optimizing the reaction to it, and by releasing the pent-up stress effectively through various yogic practices. Major benefits of yoga may occur due to its lifestyle components (healthy diet, activity, relaxation, and positive attitude) as well as psychosomatic harmonizing effects of pranayama and yogic relaxation. Yoga places a great importance on a proper and healthy lifestyle whose main components are achar (healthy activities), vyavahar (healthy relationships), vichar (healthy thoughts), ahar (healthy food), and vihar (healthy recreation). Fundamental yogic principles useful in the management of lifestyle disorders include The modern world is facing a pandemic of psychological reconditioning and development lifestyle disorders that require changes to be of appropriate attitudes; stress management; made consciously by individuals themselves, and normalization of metabolism; and relaxation, as yoga is the best lifestyle ever designed, it has visualization, and contemplative practices. potential in the prevention, management, and This integrative approach bridges traditional rehabilitation of prevalent lifestyle disorders. and modern approaches to healthcare in the Yogic lifestyle, yogic diet, yogic attitudes, form of Traditional, Complementary and and various yogic practices help humans to Integrative Medicine (TCI) to serve the patient strengthen themselves and develop positive population in a more efficient, cost effective health, thus enabling them to withstand stress and patient friendly manner. This is in line with better. This yogic “health insurance” is achieved the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014– by normalizing the perception of stress, 2023 developed and launched in response to oga has assumed significance worldwide and the Government of India is currently promoting indigenous systems of health through AYUSH. The limitations of modern medicine in managing stress induced psychosomatic and chronic illnesses are the strength of Yoga and hence a holistic integration of both systems enables best quality of health care. YOGVANI 10 FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE-01 www.yogaiya.in the World Health Assembly resolution on traditional medicine (WHA62.13). This strategy aims to support Member States in developing proactive policies and implementing action plans that will strengthen the role traditional medicine plays in keeping populations healthy. In the last century, Yoga has developed in various directions and dimensions under the guidance of many eminent masters. These masters have codified their own Bani (styles) of Yoga that are often at variance with one another but all of them still maintain the traditional lineage to Yoga Vidya or the Science of Yoga. “Yujyate anena iti yogah”, Yoga is indeed union, communion and reunion. It is the integration of body, mind and spirit enabling us to realize the oneness that lies within our own self. Yet for so many years, there was no one single body to bring together the living traditions of Indian Yoga and hence a state of vi-yoga existed amongst the great institutions and traditions of Yoga in our country. To fulfill this felt need, after years of consultation with eminent Yoga experts, the Indian Yoga Association, a self regulatory body of eminent yoga institutions of India was founded and formally registered on 31 October 2008. Since then the IYA has taken The term ‘unity in diversity’ is apt for these giant strides and today virtually every major developments and though on the surface the tradition of Yoga is part of it and the Governing different traditions or Banis may appear to be and Executive Council represent majors even contradictory, they all ultimately lead leaders of the modern yoga movement. to the same goal of spiritual union though in diverse paths. Major developments in recent We welcome everyone in the yoga family to times have been the extensive research done in join hands together so that we can take the the field of Yoga as well as the transformation giant leap into this new decade that promises of Yoga education from the Gurukula and to be one of Yoga. Ashram settings to the college and university oriented Yoga. Hariom tat sat. YOGVANI 11 FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE-01 www.yogaiya.in Member Institutions YOGVANI 28