Basic Health of the Body

It lies in the stretch of your mind and body

- Shri C.K Subramaniam

A good yoga programme is essential to maintaining the basic health of the body. Such a programme consists not of many different practices, but of a few simple techniques that can help mobilize the body and stimulate the dormant areas, nerve centres and energy centres of the body. When these practices are performed regularly, you will become free of physical tension.

There are several practices that can help loosen up the body. The first is Tadasana, the palm tree pose, which involves stretching or traction. The entire body is pulled upward and each joint is expanded right from the toes to the tip of the hands. The second practice is