I am associated with the group for more than 5 years. For the people working from Monday to Friday there is a separate Yog class on Saturday. I have always enjoyed the Yog and meditation class as it has always been the dose for uplifting the spirits and boosting the energy. The session always relieves me from any kind of stress or anxiety. The Yog sesosion is very informal and the teacher is not only spiritually attained but a qualified doctor as well. This makes her the ideal person to answer question starting from health issues to the various levels of spirituallity.
About 5 months ago during my routine health checkup I was diagnosed with hipertension and my surgery was no willing to leave me without medication. Upon repeated request, I was given 4 weeks time and report back. Next day, I went to the Yog teacher. Even though she is a qualified and experienced doctor, she believes the science and technology behind Yog to be far superior to the modern medicine. She went through my daily routine diagonosis and recommended the due enhancements supplemented with the asan and pranayaam. The root cause was going to bed late added with work place anxiety. That’s all and in 6 weeks time I am back to normal. She did explain me the significance of biological clock and how living in the cycle of sun keeps you healthy and fit. I sleep well, do my asan and pranayaam and I am totally enjoying my health. Though, what she prescribes and asan and pranayaam seems very simple and doesn’t seem believeable but once I followed it, it worked like magic. She always says that but you need to follow it to understand it in true sense. With the asan and pranayaam, walking the path, follwing the routine, is very important to see the true differnce in your life.
Incidentally, after the COVID19 lockdown, the session became online and I did get the opportunity to join it regularly. The first difference I realised was that now we were not restricted by space everyone could join with their families. Second difference I realised was that the Saturday sessions were actually cut short version and only included an hour of asan and pranayaam. Actual weekday sessions came with the coplete package of satsang on top of asan and pranayaam and ran for 2 hours. This additional session helped me understand the deep philosphies behind meditation, mantra and othere spiritual aspects. The story sessions are simply awsome and the question answer session is real eye opener. I realise that following the path of yog – Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dhyan, Dharna, Samadhi, is actually the way of life – a complete change in mindset, lifestyle. It impacts you at every level, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
I thank you for setting us on the path of spirituality.