DevPrayag Yoga Therapy

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From Swami Tapasyananda: "It is wrong to talk of stages of spiritual development. It is like a mature fruit becoming ripe. It is a qualitative development not a...ssessable by quantitative measurements or determined by rigid boundaries and landmarks. The growth of spiritual aspiration or hunger of the soul indicates that one is on the right track. According to Sri Ramakrishna when the power of aspiration reaches the acme, the Mother responds, even as the earthly mother takes up a hungry child crying with hunger. Sadhanas are means by which this flame of aspiration is kept burning with intensity. Sadhanas prescribed generally for all by the Great Master and his disciples are bhajan, japa, meditation and service of Him, both in a devotional sense and as work for Him in the wide world. Practice of brahmacharya, selfless work, discrimination, self-analysis and study of elevating spiritual literature have to to go hand in hand with these. To have intense spiritual aspiration and to be put on the path by a guru representing an authentic tradition, form the essence of sadhana. There is nothing mysterious or occult about it. And a true sadhaka will carry on with his practice, without caring for stages and results, without any sense of boredom or disappointment. He is, in Sri Ramakrishna's words, like the hereditary cultivator. He knows no other occupation than cultivation and he will stick on to it in spite of droughts and slumps in the price of agricultural products. He puts faith in Sri Ramakrishna's words that when your aspiration reaches its acme, the Mother bestows Her grace on you and reveals Her real nature. Faith in this promise of the Master seems to be the polestar that should guide one in what looks like the limitless expanse of sadhana." (from "Spiritual Quest" pg 117) See more

We know this BUT really great to see research coming out in respected journals!! Since, the vagal tone is correlated with capacity to regulate stress response...s and can be influenced by breathing, its increase through meditation and yoga likely contribute to resilience and the mitigation of mood and anxiety symptoms. https://www.frontiersin.org//10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00044/full