Create Vitality, Prevent Disease
When we become ill we can easily feel helpless and caught up in the medical system. It is important for all of us to take responsibility for ourselves and an active role in our own health and healing.
You do not have to decline and degenerate with age. Take control of and positively influence your own health so that you age well.
Learn how to prevent disease and foster vitality and good health. Use relaxation to positively influence your mind and emotions, your relationships and every aspect of your life.
Research into Yoga and Meditation
Yoga, relaxation and meditation have been scientifically proven to be of great value in the treatment of many forms of chronic illness. They have been proven to:
- Reduce medical symptoms
- Reduce the severity and frequency of illness
- Reduce the amount of medication required and therefore their side-effects
- Allow you to experience the link between stress and disease
- Greater confidence in managing illness
Several hospitals and universities around the world, such as the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, are using yoga and mediation at the heart of their research and clinical holistic mind-body medicine programs.
Read articles about the Diseases Managed by Yoga and Meditation and see a list of peer reviewed Research Articles on Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation.
4 Keys to Good Health and Disease Prevention
Big Shakti provides knowledge and techniques that enable you to rest, sleep and eat well, that teach you how to create healing energy, and that enable you to use your mind, emotions and consciousness constructively.
You will be able to use yoga and meditation to increase health and wellbeing. There are four keys to health, which are:
Get Deep Restful Sleep
Sleep, rest and relaxation are the foundation of health and all healing. Lack of adequate rest and sleep can lead to many forms of chronic illness.
Easy Steps to Deep Relaxation teaches you to relax and recharge anywhere anytime, at home, at work or even in hospitals.
Yoga Nidra is an easy, enjoyable and powerfully restorative lying relaxation meditation. Use it to rest deeply, to remove exhaustion and to speed up healing.
Eat Well
Proper nourishment includes quality food as well as intellectual, emotional and spiritual nutrition that suits our individual needs. Ayurveda offers a simple and fun way to know what your body type is and how to eat and live according to your needs.
Different Diets for Different Doshas (Body Types) gives you this information in an easily digestible form that can be applied to all aspects of your lifestyle.
The Conscious Cook provides delicious vegetarian recipes for healthy living.
Use Your Breath to Heal
The breath is one of the most powerful means to heal and stay healthy. Prana and Pranic Healing teaches you how to channel the breath, life-force and mental energy into areas of the body that require healing energy.
It does this in a step-by-step and highly effective way.
Tune Into the Power of the Mind
We need to clean, exercise and balance our mind and emotions, just as we do for our body. Ajapa Japa is one of the most powerful yoga meditation techniques to purify, balance, strengthen and integrate our body, mind and spirit.
It uses the power of the breath, mind and sound vibration (mantra) as part of a complete system of healing, self-development and spiritual awareness.
Articles
The Five Keys to Health and Wellbeing
There are five keys that make the process of gaining health and wellbeing simple and enjoyable. They do not require that you impose major changes and disciplines on yourself such as strict dietary regimens and rigorous exercise program. Read more
