YOGA

AN D C U RAT IV E M ETHOD S
PREVENTIVE
INTRODUCTION

YOGA IS AN ANCIENT INDIAN SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE, TRADITION

AND A WAY OF MAINTAINING BETTER LIFE, ESTABLISHED IN INDIA
THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
SPIRITUALITY......

• YOGA GRADUALLY DEVELOPS THE SPIRITUAL HORMONY

OF THE INDIVIDUAL THROUGH THE CONTROL OF MIND
AND BODY.
 THERAPEUTIC YOGA

THERAPEUTIC YOGA IS DEFINED AS THE APPLICATION

OF YOGA POSTURES AND PRACTICE TO THE TREATMENT
OF HEALTH CONDITIONS AND INVOLVES INSTRUCTIONS
IN YOGA PRACTICE TO PREVENT PHYSIOLOGICAL AND
EMOTIONAL SUFFERING.
1. YOGA PRACTICE ENHANCE MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND BODY FLEXIBILITY.
2. PROMOTE RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS
3. IMPROVES CARDIO VASCULAR FUNCTIONS
 YOGA PRACTICE HAVE MANY CURATIVE METHODS
LIKE....

1. IT PROMOTE RECOVERY FROM TREATMENT OF ADDICTION.

2.YOGA PRACTICE CAN HELP IN REDUCTION OF
STRESS , ANXIETY , DEPRESSION AND CHRONIC
PAIN.
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF YOGA HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY
IN RECENT YEARS AND MANY CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE BEEN
DESIGNED TO ASSES IT’S THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS AND BENEFITS
1. CONSISTENT YOGA PRACTICE IMPROVE DEPRESSION AND CAN LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SEROTONIN LEVEL COUPLED WITH DECREASE
IN THE LEVEL OF MONAMINE OXIDASE ( THE ENZYME THAT BREAKDOWN
THE NEUROTRANSMITTER AND CORTISOL.
2. YOGA HELPS TO BUILD MUSCLES MASS OR MAINTAINING MUSCLE.
STRENGTH WHICH PROTECTS CONDITIONS FROM DANGEROUS DISEASES
LIKE ........
• ARTHRITIS
• CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
• BACK PAIN
• DURING YOGA SESSION THE JOINTS ARE TAKEN THROUGH THEIR FULL
RANGE OF MOTION , SQUEEZING AND SOAKING AREAS OF CARTILAGE NOT
OFTEN USED AND BRINGING FRESH NUTRIENTS, OXYGEN AND BLOOD TO THE
AREA NEEDED..WHICH HELPS TO PREVENT CHRONIC PAIN.
• PRACTISING YOGA ALSO THINS THE BLOOD WHICH CAN DECREASE THE
RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE AS THEY ARE OFTEN CAUSED BY
BLOOD CLOTS.
SOME AASANAS AND THEIR CURATIVE
BENIFITS
 1. BHUJANGASANA
• IT HELPS IN DECREASING THE RISK OF
HEART DISEASE
 2.SUKHASANA

• IT HELPS TO REGULATE ASTHAMA SYMPTOMS

 3. SURYA NAMASKARA
• IT ALSO SERVE AS A GREAT PRACTICE TO MANAGE PSYCHOSOMATIC
AILMENTS SUCH AS 1.DIABETES
. 2.HEART DISEASE
 4.MATSYASANA( FISH POSE )

• IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DESTROYER

OF ALL DISEASES.
 5. CHAKRASANA ( WHEEL POSE )

• IT CAN HELP PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION

AND STOMACH DISORDERS
 6.TRIKONASANA(TRIANGLE POSE )
• IT HELPS IN SPEEDING OF METABOLISM IN OUR
BODY AND STIMULATE BLOOD CIRCULATION AND
HELPS TO FIGHT OBESITY
CONCLUSION...

• HERE SOME OF THE POPULAR BOOKS WHICH DESCRIBES ABOUT THE

CURATIVE AND PREVENTIVE YOGA THERAPIES...
1) SUNDARA YOGIC THERAPY

AUTHOR- YOGACHARYA SUNDARAM

2) PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF YOGA THERAPY

•AUTHOR – DR. N.CHANDRASHEKARAN

. DR.N SIDDHARTHAN.
3) YOGA CHIKISTA

AUTHOR – ANANDA BALAYOGI BHAVANANI

THANK YOU......