PROPER RELAXATION
BODY AND MIND CAN BE RELAXED BY DOING RELAXATION EXERCISES LIKE SHAVASANA (CORPSE POSE), MEDITATION AND PRANAYAMA. RELAXATION THOROUGHLY REJUVENATES NERVES, MUSCLES AND PROVIDES INNER PEACE. SLEEP CAN ALSO RELAX BODY TO SOME EXTENT. BODY AND MIND CAN BE RELAXED BY KEEPING THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN MIND.
❤ 1. ONE SHOULD SLEEP NOT TOO MUCH NOR TOO LESS. THE MODERATE SLEEP IS GOOD.
❤ 2. AN OLD SAYING IS "EARLY TO BE AND EARLY TO RISE, MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE'. ONE SHOULD AVOID SLEEPING LATE AT NIGHT. MOREOVER, ONE SHOULD WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING .
❤ 3. MEDITATION SOOTHES BODY AND MIND. DOING MEDITATION OUTDOORS RELAXES BODY AND MIND AS ONE COMES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH NATURE. ON HILLS, THE OXYGEN IS LESS WHICH HELPS IN BETTER CONVERSATION.
❤ 4. LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC, DEVOTIONAL SONGS AND LECTURES BY SAINTS HELPS IN KEEPING THE MIND CAN.
❤ 5. READING SCRIPTURES AND SACRED BOOK IS GOOD FOR MIND'S HEALTH.
❤ 6. DATING ON DEVOTIONAL SONGS RELAXES BODY AND MIND.
❤ 7. PAINTING AND DRAWING LORD'S IMAGE HELPS IN KEEPING THE MIND SERENE IN EVEN TURBULENT SITUATIONS.
PROPER RELAXATION MEANS THAT ONE SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY RELAXED. MENTAL RELAXATION CAN ONLY BE COMPLETELY ACHIEVED IF THERE IS SPIRITUAL PEACE. I'LL ONE IDENTIFIES ONESELF WITH BODY AND MIND, ONE CAN'T BE COMPLETELY RELAXEDAS HERE WILL BE EMOTIONS LIKE FEAR, ANGER, GREED, WORRY AND DOUBT. TO BE SPIRITUALLY ELAXED ONE HAS TO DETACH ONE SELF AND TO BE A MERE WITNESS OF BODY AND MIND. TO BE ONE WITH THE SELF GIVE SUPREME PEACE.
PROPER DIET
YOGA BECOMES THE DESTROYER OF PAIN FOR HIM WHO IS ALWAYS MODERATE IN EATING AND RECREATION (SUCH AS WALKING , ETC), WHO IS MODERATE IN EXERTION IN ACTION, FOOD SHOULD BE BOUGHT WITH MONEY THAT IS EARNED BY RIGHTEOUS METHODS AND NOT BY ILLEGAL OR DECEITFUL WAYS. THE FOLLOWING POINTS RELATED TO DIETARY HABITS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
👀 1. THE FOOD SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO PLEASE THE TONGUE RATHER SHOULD BE TAKEN TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.
👀 2. THE FOOD SHOULD BE TAKEN IN PROPER AMOUNT NEITHER TOO LESS NOR TOO MUCH .
👀 3. ONE SHOULD EAT SMALLE QUANTITY OF FOOD REGULAR INTERVALS INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO OR THREE LARGE MEALS.
👀 4. STOP EATING BEFORE YOU FEEL FULL.
👀 5. ONE SHOULD NOT BE IN A HUNGREY WHILE TAKING MEALS.
👀 6. ONE SHOULD CHEW THE FOOD PROPERLY AND SHOULD THINK ABOUT GOD WHILE TAKING MEALS.
👀 7. ONE SHOULD NOT EAT ANYTHING LATE AT NIGHT.
👀 8. THE MEAL SHOULD BE TAKEN IN SMALL QUANTITY THAT CAN BE DIGESTED EASILY.
👀 9. ONE SHOULD AVOIDE TAKING PRESERVED, SPICY AND JUNK FOOD.
👀 10. MEAL SHOULD BE NUTRITIVE AND SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THE GENERA HEALTH OF ONE'S BODY.
👀 11. A BALANCED DIET CONTAINING CARBOBYDRATES, PROTEINS, VITAMINS, FATS AND MINERALS IS RECOMMENDED. ENOUGH FIBRES SHOULD BE PRESENT IN DIET.
👀 12. UNCOOKED FLOWERS, ROOTS, STEMS, FRUITS, LEAVES ARE BEST. GREEN SALAD AND SPROUTS SHOULD BE TAKEN DAILY. ACCORDING TO J.K DAGAR, THE MORE CLOSELY OUR FOOD IS TO ITS NATURAL ORIGINAL FORM, THE BETTER THE FOOD IS, SO, EAT THE FOOD IN ITS RAW FORM AS FAS AS POSSIBLE.
👀 13. WATER DRINKING SHOULD BE AVOIDED WITH MEALS.
👀 14. ONE SHOULD DRINK PRENTY OF WATER IN BETWEEN THE TWO MEALS.
👀 15. AS SOON AS ONE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING, ONE SHOULD GULP DOWN PLENTY OF WATER.
ONE SHOULD BRING THE CHANGES IN EATING HABITS TO GET SUCCESS IN MEDITATION.
