21^st June, International Yoga day is celebrated worldwide to raise the awareness and benefits of practicing yoga on body & mind. This date was chosen and proposed by the honorable Prime minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi Ji in United National General Assembly (September 2014).  He suggested to have IDY (International Yoga Day) every year across the globe as it is the longest day of year and said “Yoga is an invaluable gift of Indian tradition which unite mind, body, thoughts and action.

Dr. Ayush Chandra, Senior Diabetologist from Delhi NCR who is an Art of Living Apex and Corporate Yoga Trainer stated why yoga & meditation has a become a major component of clinical prescription now a days. He is a certified Yoga Trainer from Ministry of AYUSH and RYT200 from Yoga Alliance USA.

After experiencing a number of Covid waves, everyone is facing many common illnesses like low immunity, mental issues like anxiety depression insomnia and many cardio respiratory problems.  No matter what profession, educational background we are coming from, it impacted our physical, mental, emotional, financial and social life. There is a constant stress & anxiety of unknown in most of the population.

Dr. Ayush admits that the healthcare professionals, workers have been on top of mountain of stress in last two years, Emergency handling, extra working hours, work life disbalance and emotional disturbance with patients’ expectations. Beside medication and healthy diet, breathing techniques Yoga Meditation has played a key role to handle these strenuous and survival conditions.

Doctor mentions, in his field of Endocrinology where he deals with thousand suffering from Diabetes, Hypertension, thyroid, Obesity and PCOS. Medicines alone can’t stand out much and one needs to follow a holistic approach with correct portions of Macro, Micronutrients with daily workouts/ exercise, walking and working on mental wellness including sleep quality.

Yoga and Meditation has gained popularity in western countries, celebrities and even different sport athletes. It is now been prescribed by most of clinicians globally along with traditional medications. There are plenty of research papers available on internet to see how it affects various systems of the body. One should make yoga a part of life just like brushing teeth in the morning. With everyday practice with correct sequences under a certified professional trainer can really help to improve many conditions.

Start your yoga session with

• WARM UPS: to prevents injuries, activation of cells, increasing heart rates and release of toxins
• BREATHING TECHNIQUES: or Pranayama’s means to give the direction of the Vital force energy of the body. Try to learn both energizing and relaxing pranayama for different situations of the day
• ASANS: Improves postures, organ health, strengthening bones and muscle strengthening
• MEDITATIONS: is going from concentration to deconcentrating. Having deepest relaxation, accepting of the things inside and outside you
• Other benefits are improved productivity, memory intelligence & focus
• Relief from Stress anxiety better sleep quality
• Improved digestion, blood circulation
• Gives Energy prevent Fatigue and improves Cardio respiratory functions