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WHY YOGA FOR ARMY?

Dr. Rudra Bhandari, PhD

Assistant Professor cum Nodal Officer

University of Patanjali, Haridwar, India

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Sainik Samachar 1-15 July 2015 Vol 62 No. 13

Indian Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag (L) participated at the Yoga event atRajpath, New DelhiFROM THE WEB

International Day of Yoga being celebrated on board the INS Vikramaditya, at Karwar,on the West Coast.

Today, the Indian Army is the world's third largest army after China's People's Liberation Army and the United States Army.

What army needs to have ?�Physical Fitness

�Focused Mind (Concentration)

�Optimal Bio-psycho- spiritual Immunity

�Alertness�Alertness

�Flexibility

�Discriminative knowledge (Quick decision

making)

Contd…..

�Intuition

�Goal oriented feeling, thinking and action

�Sound technical, conceptual and human Sound technical, conceptual and human

Skills

�Team Spirit

� Art and science of Self-healing

Health Problems of Army

�Obesity

�Distress/Stress

�PTSD

�Cardiac Problems (CAD, IHD, HT, Angina)

�Hyperacidity

�Varicose Veins

�Musculoskeletal Problems

�COPD

�Insomnia

�Isolation from family and loved ones

�Bereavement

�Death Anxiety�Death Anxiety

�Unhealthy habits

�Fear of War

�Work-family conflict

CONCEPT OF YOGAMaharshi Patanjali defines yoga as

Yogashcittavrttinirodhah (PYS, 1:2)

Yoga means the cessation of all the psychic modifications

WHO (2011). Non-Communicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011. ISBN 978 92 4 150228 3. Acessed from http://www.who.int/about/licensing/copyright_form/en/index. html

RISING COST & WORSENING HEALTH IN MNCS

Since 2006, employer costs for health care have risen 40%, while employee costs (out of paycheck and pocket) have risen 82%.

Source: 2010 World Economic Forum

AONHewitt. (2012). Health Care Survey 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2013 from www.aonhewitt.com

YT is the use of the techniques of yoga to create, stimulate, and maintain an optimum state of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health (Judith Hanson Lasater).

Scientifically accepted and pragmatic definition for YT-Scientifically accepted and pragmatic definition for YT-

“YT is the process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved health and well-being through the application of the philosophy and practice of Yoga”.

Mohan, G. (2006). Exploring yoga as therapy. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 16, 13-19.

Regulated in eating and recreation, regulated prescribed duties for

self maintenance, regulated in sleeping and wakefulness; one by

the science of uniting the individual consciousness with the

Ultimate Consciousness is able to mitigate all misery.

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Ultimate Consciousness is able to mitigate all misery.

Yoga is an art and science of- understanding human personality at entirety- physique, mind, emotion and spirit; awakening hidden powers; mobilizing the attained powers for the collective welfare and liberating from all worldly miseries .

(Swami Ramdev)

SIX INDISPENSABLE FACTORS OF YT

1. Body(Postures, Cleansing techniques, Fasting , PTS)

2. Breath/Prana (Breath Regulation, Gestures, NMLs)

3. Mind (Concentrations, Meditations, Autosuggestion, TMS)

Mohan, G. (2006). Exploring yoga as therapy. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 16, 13-19.

3. Mind (Concentrations, Meditations, Autosuggestion, TMS)

4. Diet (Quality, Quantity, Frequency & Timings)

5. Lifestyle (Sleep, Wakefulness, Recreation, W-L Balance)

6. Environment (Ecological, Cultural, Political & Social)

75 NCDs BENEFITTED BY YOGADiabetes ≥ 8, Congestive Heart Failure ≥ 4, Post Heart Attack

Rehabilitation ≥1, Heart Disease ≥ 13, Cancer ≥ 26,

Back Pain ≥ 16, (COPD) ≥ 6, Depression ≥ 13,

RA ≥ 8, OA ≥ 8, Asthma ≥10 HBP ≥ 9,

Alcoholism & Other Drug Abuse ≥ 3, Anxiety ≥ 21,

ADHD = 1, CTS ≥1, Insomnia≥6, ADHD = 1, CTS ≥1, Insomnia≥6,

Migraine & Tension Headaches ≥ 5, Autism ≥3,

Menopausal & Premenopausal Symptoms ≥ 8, Drug Withdrawal-1,

Eating Disorders- 2, Menstrual Disorders ≥3, Epilepsy ≥4Arterial Fibrillation ≥1, Balance Problems ≥5 Eating Disorders ≥2

Smoking Cessation ≥2 Stroke ≥1 Post operative recovery ≥1

McCall, T. (2009).Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing. Bantam. Retrieved from www.DrMcCall.com.

PTSDs ≥6 HIV/AIDS -5, Infertility ≥ 2,

IBS≥ 5, Kidney Failure ≥ 2, Mental Retardation ≥1,

Hemorrhoids -1, Multiple Sclerosis ≥ 1, Neuroses (Phobias) ≥ 1,

OCD≥ 2, Osteoporosis ≥ 3, Pancreatitis (Chronic) ≥1,

Pain (Chronic) ≥6, Pleural Effusion ≥ 1, Post-Polio Syndrome ≥ 1,

Post-Operative Recovery ≥ 1, Pregnancy (Normal & Complicated) ≥ 12,

Premature Ejaculation ≥ 1, Psoriasis ≥1 , Rhinitis ≥ 1, Obesity ≥3

Schizophrenia ≥ 5, Scoliosis ≥ 1, Sinusitis ≥1, Schizophrenia ≥ 5, Scoliosis ≥ 1, Sinusitis ≥1,

Tuberculosis ≥ 3, USI≥ 1, Sexual functions ≥5

Fatigue ≥3 MD ≥3 Fibromyalgia ≥10 GBS ≥1, Gait Problems ≥1

Traumatic Brain Injury ≥4 Tuberculosis ≥2 UB Dysfunction ≥1

Total Knee Arthroplasty ≥1, Performance Anxiety ≥1, Inguinal Hernia ≥1

Metabolic Syndrome ≥1

McCall, T. (2009).Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing. Bantam. Retrieved from www.DrMcCall.com

1. Shakti-krama- To gain muscular power, the power to concentrate,

do difficult postures, and work efficiently for long time etc.

2. Chikitsâ-krama-To heal specific problems by purifying the organs

(doshas) or energy centers (cakras) & channels (nâdîs).

THREE IMPACTS OF YT

Miller, R. (2013). Yoga Therapy: Definition, Perspective and Principles . Retrieved April 19, 2013 from http://www.iayt.org/site_Vx2/publications/articles/miller.aspx

2. To heal specific problems by purifying the organs

(doshas) or energy centers (cakras) & channels (nâdîs).

3. Adhyâtmika-krama- To go beyond limited sensory perceptions &

realize oneself as eternal (Purusha) in changeable Prakriti.

LUNG VOLUMES & CAPACITIES

8 MAIN PRINCIPLES OF YT

1. Teach what is appropriate to the individual (yukta-shiksana).

2. Differences in different people must be respected (bheda).

3. Teachings must consider the situation, place, or country from which the student

comes (desha).comes (desha).

4. Each person needs to be taught according to his or her individual constitution,

age, disposition, etc.(i.e., obese, lean, young, old, etc.) (deha).

5. The method of instruction depends on the time of year, the seasons, etc. (kâla).


6. Depending on the occupation of the student, he or she will need to be taught different things (e.g., a runner would be taught differently than a philosopher) (vritti).

7. One must understand the capacity of the student, how much endurance he or she has, how much memory, how much time to study or practice (shakti).(shakti).

8. The teaching must take care of the mind (i.e., taking personal interests into account- exercise, devotion, God, chanting, etc.) (mârga).


Model of YTYP presumes human personality of four types-emotive, rational, volitional and dynamic prescribes four streams of yoga- Bhakti, Gyan, Raj and Karma for their optimal development (Satyananda, 2002).

a)Physique: Postures, Optimal Diet, Discipline, Fasting and Pancha

Tattwa Sadhna

b) Mind: Pranayam, Gestures, Psychic Locks, Mantra, Tratak, Study of

Self Introspective Literatures , Tanmatra Sadhana

c) Heart: Meditation, Atamabodha, Tattwabodha, CSR

d) Spirit: Donation, Service, Kirtan, Prayer, Soham Sadhana, Nadyog

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