The Yoga Way to a Healthy Heart

Posted on December 14, 2007 in Latest News

A natural way to a healthy body is always preferred to pills and chemicals. The heart is a vital organ in the human body. For a healthy heart, people always opt for simpler and more natural methods and exercises. Yoga is believed to play a significant role in bringing down the rate of heart ailments.

Yoga has an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases that includes recurrence of heart attacks, hypertension and coronary heart diseases. Yoga influences the hypothalamus directly, the area of the brain that controls endocrine activity, and helps prevent heart attacks.

What yoga says

Vedic wisdom in yoga lays emphasis on four aspects that have a direct bearing on health. They are:

chaar (character and conduct): It stands for moral virtues – truthfulness, chastity, compassion and kindness.

Vichaar (perception or the way we think): The way we think influences our way of life. Develop a positive outlook in life and remove negative thoughts from the mind.

Vyayahaar (the way we behave):It pays to replace undesirable habits with positive ones. If we fear change and cling to old, negative habits, we cannot succeed in yoga.

Ahaar (diet or the food we eat): Food sustains our body. What we eat affects our mind directly. Intake of proper and healthy food nourishes body and mind. Avoid over- eating and eat in moderation.

Any imbalance in any of these aspects results in disharmony of body, mind and soul. This paves the way for diseases.

In addition, mental relaxation through meditation and yoga contribute immensely in offsetting arteriosclerosis (coronary artery blocked due to the deposition of fats on the inner walls of the heart). Thus, owing to its many positive effects- direct and indirect on the cardiovascular system, yoga assumes a pivotal role in heart care.

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