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YOGASATTVA FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE YOGA INSTITUTE, INDIA OLDEST ORGANISED YOGA CENTRE IN THE WORLD HOW YOGA CAN HELP WITH ADDICTION SMT. HANSAJI JAYADEVA YOGENDRA HAPPINESS WORKSHOP FEATURED ACTIVITY OVERCOMING HORMONAL IMBALANCE THROUGH YOGA TRANSFORMATION THROUGH YOGA GAME OF LIMITATION DR. JAYADEVA YOGENDRA C ONTENTS HOW YOGA CAN HELP WITH ADDICTION WHY EVERY SMT. HANSAJI JAYADEVA YOGENDRA COUPLE SHOULD GO FOR COUPLES CLASS FROM THE TEACHER’S DIARY 6 4-5 STAY YOUNG “LETTING GO.” WITH HEALTHY INTESTINES YOGA MD 7 GAUR GOPAL DAS 24 ANITYA BHAVANA RAINBOW GLASS R E M E M B E R I N G -REFLECTION NOODLE CRUNCH D R . J A Y A D E V A TECHNIQUE SALAD Y O G E N D R A YOGA TECHNIQUE 2 7 . 0 4 . 1 9 2 9 - 1 6 . 0 2 . 2 0 1 8 OF THE MONTH 8 RECIPE OF THE MONTH 25 HAPPINESS TESTIMONIALS WORKSHOP FEATURED ACTIVITY 9 26-27 OVERCOMING UPCOMING HORMONAL ACTIVITIES IMBALANCE THROUGH YOGA TRANSFORMATION THROUGH YOGA 10 28-30 TYI HEADLINES PUBLICATIONS & CENTRES The Yoga Institute Shri Yogendra Marg, Prabhat Colony, 11-20 31 Santacruz East, Mumbai - 400055, India. Email: [email protected] Tel: +91-22-26122185/+91-22-26110506 GAME OF www.theyogainstitute.org LIMITATION Follow us on DR. JAYADEVA YOGENDRA 22-23 EDITOR’S NOTE Namaste, e are constantly expressing our love to our family, friends and of course many other loved ones, but have we ever articulated Wlove to our self? Well, we can't truly love someone else until we love ourself. These days, ‘Self-Love’ is a very popular term that gets tossed around in normal conversations. But yoga way of living connects it with our true self on a deeper level because yoga is an internal journey of self-discovery. It is also important to cultivate love for self due to its association to the yogic principle Ahimsa (non-violence), which is the first Yama of the Ashtanga Yoga. To practice Self-love is to practice ahimsa toward self and to respect self too. Through regular, mindful yoga practice, we connect with our inner Self. In the process, we are also practicing love and devotion to the Divine. Only when we are self accepting and self loving, then we can nurture other relationships too with love. Last year, on 16th Feb, The Yoga Institute and the entire yoga fraternity bid adieu to beloved Dr. Saab. A true yogi, Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra propagated Yoga as a way to encourage conscious evolution. He will continue to enlighten our paths with his great teachings forever. He always believed that the show must go on and what better way to continue by paving way for the arrival of his grandson Saatvik Yogendra within minutes of his last breath. As we pay respect to Dr. Saab on 16th Feb 2019, his 1st death anniversary, we celebrate life by showering blessings to the youngest Yogendra family member, Saatvik, on his 1st birthday. Let us take this opportunity to implement the profound teachings of this great scholar and visionary by understanding the Game of Limitations. Also Pujya Maa Hansaji helps us understand how one can overcome any form of addiction with Yoga way of living. Love and blessings to one and all! PEARLS OF WISDOM YOGASATTVA 04 How Yoga Can Help With Addiction t takes courage to explore your fears. Addiction is a serious disorder Pranayamas and can happen to anyone. Addiction, unfortunately, is a taboo Pranayamas or breathing exercises: They help to calm the mind, stop the subject and a lot of stigma is attached to it. I mind chatter and de-stress. Recommended are Yogendra Pranayama I, II, III and IV. Also, Anulom-Vilom or Nadi Shodhana Pranayama helps Anyone can be addicted to social media, binging on TV, food addictions - to detox the body systems, de-stress and calm the mind. junk foods, aerated drinks to alcohol - our partners, money, work, fast cars, drugs, smoking etc. Whatever the addiction, the person suffering cannot refrain from overthinking, overindulgence or manipulate Yogic Relaxation techniques: behaviours to get what they want. Shavasana, TYI-pioneered Nishpanda Bhava and Anitya Bhavana help in attitudinal changes when practised regularly. These techniques help to The first step to recovery is to realise and admit that you have a problem. de-stress and teach the method to maintain a balanced state of mind in all Next is to work on yourself and your surroundings to identify the triggers circumstances. that compromise your thinking and behaviours. A third step is to change the lifestyle and mindset. Yoga helps in a big way. Yoga is a way of life. It Meditation: helps to simplify things and helps in stress management, one of the major Doing meditation each day for five minutes helps to connect with your trigger factors that lead to addiction. true self. It is a great technique to relax and unwind. Just before you go to bed, make it a habit to meditate each day. Try guided meditation and How does yoga help with addiction recovery? Mantra meditation. Some helpful tips: Yoga helps to calm the nervous system and relaxes your mind and body. Sattvic Diet: It also benefits the parasympathetic nervous system. All the Kriyas help Diet also plays a major role. A Yogic Sattvic diet is recommended which to detox and help to cleanse the body systems like digestive, oro-nasal includes fresh organic seasonal vegetables, fruits, greens, whole grains. passages, circulation system, respiratory system, etc. Pranayamas help to Also, do not overeat; ideally half of the stomach should be filled with focus and calm the senses and the mind. food, 1/4th with liquid and 1/4th kept empty. (Empty because it aids the digestion process). Eat only when you are hungry. Yoga asanas help to assess traits of flexibility, humility, and the ability to adjust. For example, The Yoga Institutes’ simplified difficult asanas are to be done with the right attitudes/Bhavas; this plays a major role in changing old habits and recovering from addictions. All Asanas help but for beginners, poses recommended are as follows: Asana Parvatasana, Yoga Mudra, Yastikasana, Ustrasana, Matsyasana - a great stretch for the thoracic spine, upper chest region and the shoulders. Ancient texts mention Matsyasana as the “destroyer of all diseases.” Also, Surya Namaskar is useful since it gives an all-round stretch to the body. All these asanas help to relieve anxiety and stress when done with proper breathing and right bhavas. Smt. Hansaji Kriyas Jayadeva Yogendra Addiction recovery: All the Kriyas play a vital role to detox and cleanse Director, the systems. Some important Kriyas that help are Jalneti, Sutraneti, The Yoga Institute. KapalBhati, and Vamandhouti. Kriyas teach self-reliance and boost the immune system. YOGASATTVA 05 FROM THE TEACHER’S DIARY Why Every Couple Should Go For Couples Class he Couples Class was started in 1990. It was the brainchild of Dr Different concepts are dealt with on the last Sunday of every month. We Sahab. His foresight prompted him to think ahead of times. get insight into good rapport building, ignoring odds, effective communication, working on the self, and many such ideas which open THe somehow knew that, the materialistic culture is going to encompass the gates of our mind and force us to think from a larger perspective. All the human beings of tomorrow. This would lead to immense problems. this happens under the auspicious guidance of our Reverend guru He was a strong believer of the silent revolution. In order to change the Hansaji! We have members of varied age groups and people married for society, they realised that they had to change the main constituent of different amounts of time, from merely a year to over 40 years. This society, which is the family. The sensate culture's influence on the family provides for a great variety of exchanges on how to manage problems would in turn lead to loss of good personal relationships. So there would but then you realise that the problems are the same but the solutions can be a greater need for good bonding between husband and wife and in be creative and plentiful. When we see a block of wood we are not able to turn a good family, not just that of your blood relatives but a family of imagine that a beautiful image of Krishna can be carved out of it; so also like-minded people who would be a strong pillar of support in times of this deep-rooted yoga philosophy does not actually show us how crisis and be there to share your joys as well. beautiful a relationship or forum like Couples Class can create magic for a couple! This deep-rooted philosophy is sure to bring harmony in This family would act as a strong support because the basis of this family married life and make marriage a spiritual journey. was made by a strong foundation of philosophy and a good value system. So this new family was born and was called the Couples Class. It is said that marriages are made in heaven. There is definitely a constructive purpose in the union of two persons coming together.Nothing happens by luck or by chance. So you see, this forum is not for necessarily only people who have marital problems but for people who are considering marriage to be a spiritual journey and are looking for a soulmate who will prove to be a good companion, friend, philosopher and guide, thereby making this bond very strong. Priyamwada Waghmare YOGASATTVA 06 YogaMD Stay Young with Healthy Intestines he intestines are the largest and the longest organs in our gut.