International Yoga Day  – June 21st, 2023

Yoga can help us realize that our body is a stepping stone into our inner well-being
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/less-stress-clearer-thoughts-with-mindfulness-meditation/
A sedentary lifestyle, lack of body awareness can cause energy blockage, with negative effects on the body and mind. Yoga can help provide a series of subtle conscious movements to rewire the nervous system to avoid discomfort and to alleviate issues
with back, neck, shoulders, knees, stress, aches, insomnia, burn-out, and depression; thus, to be more relaxed, balanced,  grounded with focus on nutrition & eat to live mindset.Yoga, Ayurveda, Self-Discipline, Healthy Lifestyle can provide purpose in Education.
In Yoga, it is recommended to spend some time daily, tending, and researching plants, herbs, and animals in a farm-like setting, along with regular Yogic Practice to connect with self and nature, thus developing resilience and flow in Silence; as sedentary city life, too much bookish education, watching TV, and less practical hands-on learning, can weaken the body, mind, spirit. One can check Horse Yoga, to be Agile every day in the saddle; thus, be aware and centered like the horses, in tune with them, without stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsEo3mfzCRE
(We Tried Horse Yoga To Achieve Inner Peace)
Yoga says, gut-wrenching poses balancing the body on the stomach, can help clean the gut. The pressure stimulates the vagus nerve, which can help improve the brain-gut connection; thus, improving flexibility and self-regulation. Hippocrates supposedly said, “All disease begins in the gut.” Hence it is important to watch what we eat & feed our minds. In Yoga, food is treated as medicine; combined with mindful eating practices. In “The Energy Paradox”, Dr. Steven Gundry says chronic fatigue should not be accepted as a part of Life. He says reducing the eating window, and replacing Processed foods with Whole foods, Yogurt, berries, and Pre, and post-biotics, combined with Fasting with Mindfulness like Yogic Practice can help reduce the fire of inflammation and plug the leaky gut, thus giving the mitochondria enough rest to generate energy. Snacking cannot be a pastime. Yoga can help reduce inflammation and increase healing, based on three body types

https://www.healthycell.com/blogs/articles/the-different-ayurveda-body-types
Ayurvedic, Chinese Chi Mind-Body Medicine sees diseases as psycho-somatic; suggests regular spiritual practice to be still, for [1] calm (vegetables, fruits, herbs), balance from [2] inertia (oily, fried, alcohol), [3] overactivity (salt, sugar, chili, caffeine), to align inner nature with diet (slowly reducing eating window), thus reducing inflammation & diseases. Yoga can help understand the meaning of Kung-Fu for concentration & self-discipline The benefits of Yoga and its connection with Martial Arts, Wrestling, and Dance are:
1. Flexibility 2. Stronger joints 3. Balance 4. Prevent injuries 5. Improve core strength 6. Endurance
7. Faster recovery time 8. Breath control 9. Focus 10. Mental clarity.
The term Kung (skillful work) and fu (time spent) signifies careful preparation for the performance of any skillful endeavor with patience, energy, and time without interference from the intellect or emotions. Concentrated Discipline leads to effective performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVQ_8nRjKE
(Martial Arts Yoga Movements)

Yoga can help the modulation of gene expression and epigenetic state
https://www.whatisepigenetics.com/book-review-super-genes-unlock-the-astonishing-power-of-your-dna-for-optimum-health-and-well-being/
In the age of genomics and on the cusp of regenerative medicine, it has been shown that with Yogic practice and a healthy diet, we can trigger our bodies’ intrinsic knowledge to grow, heal, maintain balance, restore homeostasis, and regenerate. It leads to the production of anti-inflammatory mediators, dampening of proinflammatory cytokines for self-healing, self-regulation, enhancing fat cell metabolism, thus preventing burnout. Yogic Process with calorific restriction can help provide a way for healthy aging Medical progress toward any viable Alzheimer’s treatment has been slow, nonexistent. Some things good for healthy aging are – healthy eating, yoga, meditation, exercise, and avoiding obesity (another related, epidemic). A 12-minute daily meditation has revealed positive mind-healing effects in brain MRI scans. Regular meditation practitioners like Tibetans have shown a lower rate of dementia, thus preventing degeneration. Yoga combined with caloric restriction has been shown to provide better health and energy
https://samahitaretreat.com/autophaghy-tune-up-your-body-from-the-cellular-level/
Recent research, 2016 Nobel Prize to Yoshinori Ohsumi on autophagy, has shown that intermittent fasting has significant benefits on life quality & treatment therapies. It can help in tuning the body to recycle the unnecessary cellular components and eliminate pathogens & toxins at the intracellular level, especially when combined with Yoga, HIIT. Yogic Practice and Introspection can help realize the ten rules of Japanese IKIGAI
https://www.calmsage.com/10-rules-of-ikigai/
Yogic Practice of gentle movement, no rush, to find and do things that make one connect can help realize these Rules: 1) Stay Active & never retire 2) Take it slow 3) Don’t fill your stomach 4) Surround with good friends 5) Get in shape for your next birthday 6) Smile 7) Reconnect with Nature 8) Gratitude 9) Live in the moment, without past regrets or future worries 10) Find & follow your passion(s) and people to connect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE4dCyi71O0
(Okinawa, Japan – The Oldest People In The World)
Yoga and superfoods can help us concentrate on consuming foods that contain a lot of micronutrients, fewer calories, thus reducing chronic lifestyle diseases and dependency on drugs. Have cast-iron discipline, be able to do all chores alone, communicate well, and have command on one’s body, mind, spirit, strive for constant self-improvement, and not be anxious, hurried, eat moderately, low-salt, never over-indulge, and adapt with time. Japanese organizational theorist, Masaaki Imai, formulated ‘kai’ (change) and ‘zen’ (wisdom), to improve work quality. He suggested committing oneself to a fixed time for a daily activity like playing an instrument, for one’s objectives. Slowly, the capacity starts to increase. This leads to decluttering & self-organization in Life for energy and focus, which a consistent Yoga Practice at a fixed time of the day can bring forth. Yoga is good for dental health as it reduces stress, improves posture, and stimulates saliva production. It reduces the growth of bacteria in the mouth and stops the spread of toxins in the blood and digestive system. Chronic dry mouth causes plaque buildup, tooth decay, and gum disease. Reducing stress reduces inflammation in the gums.