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In the last article, we had discussed how agnis in the body get activated by the basic acts of breathing and eating and how they trigger wear and tear of the body. Recently, a study by the BBC presenter Michael Mosley concluded that eating less makes one live longer. The Vedic texts explain this phenomenon with help of agnis and the rate at which they consume prana in the body. The agnis, which are constantly at work, cause you to age, even as you think.  People who are very intense, who want to go to the root of every issue, their mind is at work all the time. The thought process consumes the vital prana. It is limited in quantity in each cell. Your batteries (prana) are neither unlimited, nor are they rechargeable. Once it is consumed, the body perishes. For example, Bruce Lee was a fine martial artist but he had a lot of aggression (martial arts are not for showing aggression, rather they are meant for defense). His aggression consumed all the energy of the cell a...

Creation emerged from stillness. The ultimate purpose of yog is to gather that stillness inside because stillness is the ultimate strength; in fact, it holds the complete creation in it. Patanjali, the source and fountain of yog calls yog to be chitta vritti nirodh, that is, to still the modifications of mind. There are no asanas in Patanjali’s yogsutras , but only one sloka: ‘sukham sthiram asanam’ which translates as a posture in which one is comfortable and still. Similarly, there are no breathing exercises, only kumbhak, that is the cessation of breath and that too natural, not forced — a state experienced in states of dhyan. It is interesting to see how people dance around trees and breathe like animals in the hope of achieving yog. Chitta comprises of the five senses related to five elements, which is the body. In terms of energy body, these five senses correspond to five basic chakras in the body — mooladhar(sense of smell), swadishthan (sense of taste), manipoorak (...