Open Yoga Journal

We all want to be healthy, but all of us have their own motivation. If we choose the yoga way and  we strive to achieve self-knowledge, our healthy body will promote greater awareness and sustained concentration .

Our body needs regular cleansing  due to bad ecology, air pollution and food contamination. This is only a rough component, not to mention the unobvious influence of electromagnetic radiations and information flows. How can we preserve  purity and health of our body and mind in such an environment? Is there a method for solving  these tasks? How can it be connected with yoga?

The main principle is the correct approach.

The right approach to fasting implies a very thorough preparation of both our body and our psychology. It is essential to start fasting step by step adjusting our nutrition and the work-life balance, being in the right spirit, not feeling offence, sorrow or sadness. Our approach should be the most positive.

Physiology of fasting

During fasting, our body converts from external feeding — nutrition through digestive system — to the internal one by disintegrating its own cells. On internal supply, lipids and unhealthy cells are broken down in the first place. Wherein, the time needed for healthy benefits to come into effect will depend on body weight or fat deposits: the more fats we have, the longer we need to fast for a visible result. The first few days (on average three days), the body switches from external feeding to internal. During this period, we can experience more discomfort than after a complete transition to internal supply.

Fasting is likened to a most skillful surgeon, as it removes diseased tissues. Moreover, deep-seated processes for optimizing the usage of vital resources are deployed. This contributes to a proper reconfiguration of all body systems. The body actively discards waste substances through the excretory system, including through our skin, therefore water cleansing procedures, including bowel cleansing, are recommended. Otherwise, self-poisoning may occur.

Open Yoga Journal

Sometimes people think of yoga-supporters as wanderers, beggars, or people who have mastered the ability to sleep on nails. But what does yoga really give us? How can it be useful? Let’s look at some of its aspects that have a positive effect on our daily lives.

Yoga as an opportunity to relax

The modern life is very dynamic. We want to be successful as spouses and parents, and excel in our career and creativity. Many people want to fulfill their potential in  erse facets. We are constantly exposed to excessive stress, which gradually increases, and we feel like a hamster in a wheel. The lack of relaxation in such a rhythm of life inevitably leads to fatigue and ailments. At the same time the feeling of happiness and joy of life weakens. We need a way to relax effectively, but not everyone knows how to do it, and even if they know, not everyone can relax fully. Yoga offers us some methods that can replenish our strength and even accumulate it.

Yoga has a magical method of relaxation — Shavasana (rest pose). The Treatise of Hatha Yoga says: