Health

Utkatasana: For reducing aggravated Vata dosha


By Atul Vyas  Yoga works on health by calming the agitated dosha, restoring balance and returning the dosha to its home site. If vata is aggravated or is out of balance it may produce symptoms in different sites such as constipation, dull pain, dry cough headache and restlessness. While dosha have their main region and home organ,...

An Educational System for Brahmacharya Factory


By Bal Ram Singh, PhD According to the Vedic knowledge, every being and non-being is either free or at least trying to become free. In terms of thermodynamics, the term used for such a freedom is called entropy. At times entropy is aptly referred to as a measure of randomness or chaos. It is not...

Janu Sirsasana: For sluggish liver function


By Atul Vyas  Vata controls cell division, formation of cell layers, the differentiation of organs, and activities of the heart, lung, stomach and intestines. It also guides the impulses the brain and spine receive from the senses, and initiates the activities of tactile organs (the motor organs), evacuates waste material such as stool, urine, perspiration, and...

How to train the teachers for Brahamcharya students?


By Bal Ram Singh, PhD Sanskrit word for a teacher is Shikshak, which originates from the root word, Shiksh (शिक्ष) which has the meaning of learning (Seekhna, सीखना) as well teaching (Seekhana, सिखाना). It makes perfect sense, for anyone to teach one needs to learn first, which mostly happens with books, by reading or listening. Another option should...

Vrikshasana for vata balance


By Atul Vyas  Vata has characteristics of the elements ether and air so, it is dry, light, subtle, coarse, unsteady and clear. Substances with antagonistic characteristics normalize hyperactivity and weaken hypo-activity. Although all three bio-energies Vata, Pitta and Kapha are important, vata is special. There is no bodily function that is not guided by vata, because pitta and...

The ancient origin of non-brahmacharya modern education system


By Bal Ram Singh, PhD The brahmacharya is a dynamic state, especially at the beginning of the life, and it is the practice under different conditions to master it in such a way that one could practice it under various Varnashrama conditions beyond brahmacharya – i.e., grihastha, vanprastha, and sanyasa. Such extraordinary practice of brahmacharya is...

Halasana: Helps in rheumatism, joint pain, and abnormal blood pressure


By Atul Vyas  Charka, the great sage explained that vata, pitta and kapha maintain the integrity of living organisms in their normal state and combine as to make the man a complete being with his sense organs - possessed of strength, good complexion and assured longevity. Three doshas are the primary and essential factors of the...

Brahmacharya is not for creating youth factory


By Bal Ram Singh, PhD Brahmacharya is the stage of life when one acquires skills to perform, and the knowledge or gyan to perform and when and where. In other words, skills (kushalta) and knowledge are two different things, although not mutually exclusive. In Bhagavad Gita (BG2.50), it is mentioned, Yogah Karmashu Kaushalam, meaning that yoga...

Veerbhadrasana: A yogic back extension exercise


By Atul Vyas  From birth to death, each one of us has our own constitution, which constantly expresses itself in many mental and physical attributes. And, all these characteristics are expressions of one underlying reality. We can call this totality of mental and physical characteristics as body-mind complex. There is a strong and deep relationship between...