The very word "yoga" has been in vouge from quite a time now be it a print media or an electronic or internet, the information provided is endless.
Mass media, played a very imperative role in spreading this ancient practice, it has shaped curiosity among people to know about this ancient art, not only in India but world wide, and its benefits in great detail.
The media has played a major role in reviving yoga, although it is the ancient practice, but somehow it disappeared in the middle ages, and got confined to a very small section and people, with the influx of modern medicine and quick recovery, people lost their faith in yoga and relied more on medicines as it provided instance relief .
Many people associate yoga with hermits sitting on mountain peaks or in caves with people who sleep on beds of nails or do strange things in general. They fail to understand the real meaning, and have myth that a yogic life is unsocial of seclusion and self-abnegation. However in recent times, it has been widely noticed that large number of yoga gurus have been seen in temples ashrams and houses giving yoga abhayas to those intend on learning.
Yoga is an ancient practice, which has its origin in this particular sub-continent, since time unmemorable its has always helped us in getting relief from variety of nagging complaints like ubiquitous stress, back ache, obesity, depression, arthritis, gastritis, pain, and the list goes on. The history of mankind shows that at every stage human beings have been trying to perfect their social, political, economic and religious institutions, in order to lead a life free from ills, Yoga-abhayas has always helped human beings in attaining these institutions with perfection.
Yoga is for the body, mind and spirit. It is all about feeling good, feel the blood surging through the veins, the energy pulsating through your nerves, the bliss coursing through your whole being. The best of all, it is apt for all, regardless of age, color, caste, creed or religion, from the healthiest to the sickest, form the richest to the poorest, from the whitest to the blackest.
Yoga has the power to cure illness from the roots, the only thing you need is patience and faith. I can say this with such confidence, because i've seen people getting cured from fatel disease like cancer!!
Aarohi Keshav