Role of Yoga is Immune System

If you don't take care, your immune system won't

The cancer pattern is well established in the literature. It is characterised by feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. The sense that you've been victimised by factors beyond your control and that you have no power to change that. In recent years we've discovered that this same pattern of behaviour is connected to other illnesses. Rheumatoid arthritis. Allergies and any immune-related diseases including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It's as if your immune system is acting analogously with your behaviour. You're not trying to change your life or take care of yourself in essence; you've just given up. And your immune system says, 'well if you've given up, so will I' and the result is that the immune system becomes depressed and you are susceptible to a whole host of illnesses. 

The practice of yogasana regenerates the inner defences of the human body and promotes health. It enables one to discover the self-care that has been hidden in one's body to flower and to emerge in perfect balance. The well being of a human being, according to Ayurveda system of medicine depends upon the equilibrium of tridosha (Bio-Energies) viz., Vatha, Pitha and Kapa. Each dosha has a primary location known as its seat, which serves as a focal point for treatment. Kapa's seat is the chest and Kapa imbalance principally affects the respiratory system; Vatha's seat is the nervous system and Vatha imbalance affects the nervous system, Pitha's seat is the digestive system and its imbalance affects the digestive system. The digestive system, respiratory system, nervous system, circulatory system, etc help to maintain the health of the tissues in the body. 

Yoga to rejuvenate body's defence system

Any imbalance of a dosha has a tendency to affect the other dosha as they are interconnected and move together. Hence, a Pitha imbalance even though immediately affects the digestive system, may affect the other systems too if the imbalance persists for a long duration of time. Ultimately the nervous system and respiratory system may also get severely impaired. Nature has provided a great healing power in us. Doctors of our system try to imitate this natural power in us and supplement with medical work. Yogasanas play a crucial role in our fight against diseases and in improving the immunity of human body, by boosting the God-given healing power. 

Let us now see some of the yogasanas and how they combat the diseases caused by the imbalance of a dosha. The following description is only indicative and not complete.

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