Around the world - Third Int. Conf. on Yoga and Ayurveda
The conference opens with a welcome and the ceremonial lighting of the lamp, followed by official messages. The core theme is the integration of Yoga and Āyurveda with modern medicine to address contemporary health challenges.
Yoga is a holistic system far beyond physical postures, encompassing body, mind, and soul. Yoga and Āyurveda are inseparable life sciences aimed at balance and longevity. Historical connections exist between Eastern and Western medical traditions. Modern healthcare faces significant challenges, including the high cost and side effects of treatment and rising rates of diseases like cancer. An integrative approach that treats the whole person is essential. This requires reuniting the profound wisdom of the East with the advances of the West. True healing and sustainability come from inner transformation, recognizing our unity with all creation and living with simplicity and consciousness.
"The ideas embedded in Yoga and Āyurveda are all about integration. Integral approach to health is the need of the hour."
"Yoga means union—of the soul with the entire creation. Yogic practice enhances consciousness and sharpens perception, leading to total harmony with creation."
Filming location: USA
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Discovering harmony and peace
A journey within begins by relaxing the body and observing the breath. Contemplate the five elements within. Space exists inside and outside; feel at ease within it. Air, or prāṇa, purifies the body and can remove illness with concentrated will. Inner fire, or agni, balances temperature and burns away toxins. The water element flows through tissues, supplying minerals and expelling impurities. The earth element, the bones, provides a frame. These elements within can become polluted by the external world. Purify them through sāttvic food, yoga postures, prāṇāyāma, and meditation. Body awareness is life awareness; health depends on clean, balanced elements. Bring awareness to any area of pain or illness. Direct breath and the elements—air, fire, space, water—to that area to balance and heal. This self-inquiry meditation can be done seated. Many bodily problems stem from personal mistakes like wrong diet or substances, but they can be repaired through yoga, meditation, and a balanced diet. Make a resolve to heal the body and mind through these elements and practices. Love and protect nature. Decide for a healthy, strong body and a long life.
"Body awareness means life awareness. The body is here, you are here."
"Strive to purify with sāttvic food... Pure quality gives more quality to your life."
Filming location: Rijeka, Croatia
Sanskrit names are important
Āsana is a term with deep meaning in the yogic system, which is connected to the Sanskrit language. The word signifies a seat, a dwelling place, or a posture. One's yoga mat is a yoga āsana. The place one sleeps is an āsana. The specific postures, like Bhujaṅgāsana, are also called āsana. The term's meaning depends entirely on context. Yoga is a vast science greater than allopathic medicine, and its proper terminology carries inherent knowledge. Similarly, prāṇāyāma fundamentally consists of inhalation, retention, and exhalation. The Sanskrit alphabet resonates with the body's energy centers, and the language balances the mind. True communication begins with the heart's touch.
"Wherever you sit, that is your āsana."
"Prāṇāyāma is only three: pūraka (inhalation), kumbhaka (retention), and recaka (exhalation)."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
The Radiance of the Name
Evening satsang with Vishwaguruji from Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic.
The Call to Awaken
Morning satsang with Vishwaguruji from Vep, Hungary. Bhajan singing.
