Yoga : An Ancient Indian Science of Exercise and Healing

Authors(1) :-Arun Khatri

Modern science authenticates that the practice of yoga has touchable physical health benefits that include improved brain function and denser bones, as well as resistant health, better nervous system functioning and strength. In whole world, there are a lot of people, practice yoga and enjoy the benefits of a calm mind, stronger body reduced stress and enlarged happiness. Yoga is beneficial for the health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Although it has been applied with therapeutic intention for thousands of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline in itself. More health care practitioners are starting to include yogic techniques in their approach to healing -- and more yoga teachers give a therapeutic intention to their teaching. As science begins to document the importance of understanding the interrelation of all existing things, it looks to Yoga with an intrigued eye, for Yoga speaks Unity in every word. As yoga techniques are researched and new data is gathered, it becomes easier for science and the medical establishment to understand and accept the benefit of Yoga Therapy.

Authors and Affiliations

Arun Khatri
Assistant Professor, Department of Phy. Edu., Kalinga University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Ancient Indian Science, Yoga, happiness, stress, Vedic Yoga, RCT, CCT

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 7 | September-October 2017
Date of Publication : 2018-02-28
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1220-1225
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1841216
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Arun Khatri, " Yoga : An Ancient Indian Science of Exercise and Healing", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp.1220-1225, September-October-2017.
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST1841216
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