World of Philosophy

SR No.: 007005
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 1002
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 30 MB

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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE AND YOGA PRACTICE
- Dr. Ashwin Jansari
INTRODUCTION
Yoga is increasingly becoming popular in the world. Like, Yoga is a part of the curriculum at the University of Seoul in South Korea and is compulsory for its students. Every Korean youth now wants to learn this ancient Indian science (Ghos, 2010). The fast and highly competitive life in South Korea is the reason why people here have adopted Yoga so enthusiastically. It helps them keep fit, both physically and mentally, with the minimum of effort (Soni, 2010).
Yoga is a Sanskrit word. Its meaning is 'to join' or 'to unite'. According to Swami Shivananda (1984), 'Yoga' is an integration and harmony between thought, words and deed, or integration between head, heart and hand. Patanjali defines Yoga as controlling the activities of the mind.
Yoga has two aspects; first, it encompasses virtually all the mystical and ascetic practices of India, including meditation, physical discipline, and devotional chanting. Second, Yoga is a specific school of Indian Philosophy Systematized in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and it was first mentioned in 3000 years old Vedas, the world's oldest recorded literature. The roots of Yoga practice undoubtedly go even further back of Indian pre history.
One of the goals of Yoga practice is to increase the Sattvic elements in the individual, which support the process of self-realisation. Emotions (Rajas) and Bodily drives (Tamas) distort the focus and clarity of pure sattvic experience. The goal of Yoga practices is to decrease Rajas and Tamas, and to increase and intensify Sattvic awareness. Another goal of Yoga practiced is to bring the different bodily functions into perfect co-ordination so that they work for the good of the whole body.
From the physical body, Yoga moves on the mental and emotional levels. The goal of Yoga practices is self-realization, which occurs when consciousness is turned within and united with its source, the self. Yoga also means 'method'. It embraces both the goal of union and the wide variety of yogic. techniques meant to accomplish this end. In this sense, Yoga is the technology of self-realization or ecstasy.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTERBUNCE
According to Ayurveda the psychological problems arise at the level of the physical world of things (Venkoba, 2007). Psychological factors and social networks are linked in a long chain that connects stress and illness. Somatisation disorder is relatively common among patients in primary medical care setting around the world (Gureje, et al. 1997).
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