Mind and Body Temple

Truly, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is the bridge between yoga and medical science. His Isha Yoga has nothing to do with formal religion, and is purely an experiential science. It practises the ancient principle that the body is the temple of the being and that good health is fundamental to spiritual development.

By now I am eager to find out more. 8216;8216;It8217;s quite simple, really,8217;8217; he says and explains the scientific basis for the five aspects of the human being. 8216;8216;The physical body the food body, annamaya kosha is like the hardware, while the mental body manomaya kosha is the software. Every fluctuation in the mental body has a chemical reaction in the physical one and vice-versa. However, neither the software nor the hardware is of any use unless it is powered by quality power. This is where the pranmaya kosha energy body steps in. Yoga works with the energy body and that is why people with different ailments are cured with the same programme. A balanced energy body ensures the balance of the the physical and mental bodies.8217;8217;

But how does one do this? I ask. He smiles patiently, 8216;8216;It needs to be understood and practised.8217;8217; 8216;8216;What needs to be practised?8217;8217; I ask like a persistent fly. 8216;8216;Certain kriyas, for which we use the body a bit, but a lot of the breath and the mind,8217;8217; he says.

I find out more in the glossy books on the Isha Foundation. Isha Yoga, the yoga of the divine, the three-day Bhava Spandna residential programme and the seven-day Samayama meditation course are all conducted in the salubrious valley near Coimbatore.

Coimbatore, here I come!