Yoga treats the mind and body as one. It treats man as a single entity and believes that any disease occurring in the body actually originates in the mind. Most diseases are psychosomatic – that is – they travel from the mind to the body. A frustrated and agitated mind will make a person quirky and restless in all his activities. Walking, eating, drinking, sitting – the restlessness of the person will be obvious to a keen observer.
A mind which is not balanced will be unbalanced in most of its work. For example, when he eats food, he won’t be observant of the size of the morsel or whether he has chewed it properly or not. When the mind is in a rush, then food is partaken in an inappropriate way. Food which has not been chewed properly stays in the stomach for a longer duration, and it is very taxing for the digestive system to digest the food properly. Food which stays longer in the stomach and intestines will produce more problems for the body, like indigestion, flatulence, dyspepsia, uneasiness and lethargy. Food should be consumed with great care and thought. What we eat and how we eat is very important and one should be aware of all these things. Eating too much processed food, food with artificial colors and stale food will definitely cause constipation.
‘I am the body and the body is me’ is a thought or feeling that makes a person so unaware, that satisfying the body becomes the only goal in life. Eating to enjoy and earning to buy a variety of foods becomes quite a passion.
I see people thinking about food most of the time. While eating breakfast they worry about what they will eat for lunch, and at lunchtime they plan where to go for dinner. To eat at an expensive restaurant becomes quite a passion about which one even loves to boast. I have heard that in some of the up-market restaurants in New York, Paris and Los Angeles, securing
a reservation is considered a very big achievement, and those who get one feel very proud! Man lives to sustain the body; that he can enjoy a variety of objects and feel happy seems to be the only objective of life.
The vedas says ‘Annam Brahman’. It means, consider food as god and eat as if a great ritual is being performed to appease god.

Treat the body as the truest temple of the lord; keeping it healthy is the foremost duty of every human being. Eat to live – don’t live to eat. Respect our body and worship it by doing yoga asana.
There is a folklore which says that if you are constipated for even a single day, you lose fifteen days of your life! A sadhak should make sure that he or he is never constipated. Eating fiber, drinking ten glasses of water a day, eating green vegetables and fruits, eating an early dinner are some of the life style changes which one should bring about for a totally healthy elimination system.
Hath yoga has some very powerful asanas which can cure constipation and its related problems. Here I will teach you a series of asanas for alleviating constipation.

“Treat the body as the truest temple of the lord;
keeping it healthy is the foremost duty of every
human being. Eat to live – don’t live to eat. The
vedas says ‘Annam Brahman’. It means, consider
food as god and eat as if a great ritual is being
performed to appease god. Respect your body
and worship it by doing yoga asana”

 1). Breathe normally as you stand with your feet firmly on the ground. Allow all muscles to relax. Close your eyes and be aware of your body. Feel the sensations associated with the contact of your feet on the floor.
2). Inhale and then exhale while you slowly bend forward. Lean forward till you can touch your knees, calves, ankles, and feet. Do the movement slowly and in a relaxed manner. From the start to the final position, the movement should be slow, fluid, continuous and mindful. Do not force the stretch. Remain bent over for approximately five seconds or as long as feels comfortable.
3). Be aware of the sensations and the feelings the posture develops in different parts of your body, especially in the area of your back and legs.
4). Feel the movement of your belly.
5). Just relax in the posture. Be aware of your feelings and sensations.
6). Inhale. Return to an upright position by bending your knees slightly and straightening your vertebrae, one at a time. Let your head be the last part of the body to come back into position.

1). Lie on your stomach and place the hands on the floor besides the pectoral muscles.
2). Place the hands palms down, under the shoulders on the floor.
3). Whilst inhaling, without lifting the navel from the floor, raise the chest and head, arching the back. Obtain as complete a stretch of the body as possible.
4). Retain the breath, then exhale while slowly lowering the body to the floor. Rest and repeat two to seven times.
5). Do it two to seven times adding one every 14 days.