MENTAL HEALTH AND YOGA

MENTAL HEALTH........... Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity. In true sense a healthy person is the one who has a sound body and a sound mind with an ability to face sresses and strain,and holds certain moral and spiritually ethics, values. according to common pharse, a healthy person is the one who has a sound body and a sound mind , it means that physical health and mental health are intimately related,. any distrubance in one has its effects on the other.
YOGIC EXCERCISE........

1......... YOG NIDRA.......What is this? Yogic nidra is a special type of nidra, this is also called a Sajag nidra... though you are sleeping but you are conscious mentally , you are awakened from inside. but in this your body feel fully in a ARAM AVASTHA. YOUR BODY IS IN A RELAX POSITION. YOG NIDRA PLAY A IMPORTANT ROLE IN A DAY TODAY STRESSFUL JEEVAN.

METHOD OF YOG NIDRA....(.a.)... Lie on the bed, make your body totally in a relax position, close your's eyes gently. This is also called shavasan.
(b).....Try to see your whole body with you inner eyes....as a standing person see a lying person. Start from your feet's thumb, then next feet's finger , then second one, third one and fourth,and fifth .See whole of your foot from below to up with close eyes. Like this see your left foot.
(C)......See your naval , stomach, right lungs, left lungs, heart, see the back of your body
(D).....Do it with right hand , see iits thumb, second, third, fourth, fifth fingers and whole of the arms. and slowly up to the shoulder,
(E)......Now see with close eyes your throat, chin,teeth, right and left nostrils, right and left ear, right and left eyes, and the KAPAL.
(F)......Now let loose your body from head to feet, so that your body is stress free.

......Now feel your whole body weight .this body is nothing but earthy material, and you will smell it like earth.

..... Now feel the whole blood which is flowing in your body, this is nothing but WATER ELEMENT. There is no difference between water flowing in the canal and your blood vessel.Feel it as a sacred water flowing in to your body and give you peace .
.....Now feel the hottness in your nerves, this is AGNI ELEMENT. We feel hotness in our body due to this.now there is no difference between outer Agni and Inner.


......Now feel the respiratory system, which induces life in us, this is called Yau TATAV. Last you see towards the sky as it is all khali space, like wise all khali space in our body refered to AKASH TATAV.See all this with your eyes close
.... Now see your whole body with inner open eyes.breath slowly , do deep breathing 6 or 7 times.Do not sleep , if you sleep you would not get full use of it. after some time sit on your Assan, slowly open your eyes,and you will feel your whole body is relaxed.

THIS A VARY GOOD EXERCISE TO RELAX FROM MENTAL TENSION.