Purifying Your Body and Mind: An Organic Yoga Detox

by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher First, if you are reading this blog, you have taken the form of a human being; karmically speaking, this precious human life we've been given is very hard to come by. As human beings, we grow and develop outward--engaging with the phenomenal world via our five organs of action and five organs of perception. This evolution from the core to the skin, from the skin to the world brings with it life's joys and sorrows, pleasures, and pains. The sorrows and pains are considered negative stressors or reactions that disturb our physical or mental balance. Stressors are pollutants that enter into the body/mind from the outer environment and disrupt that equilibrium. Whether acute or chronic, stress becomes distress when it is not purged from our body-mind. In his article, "Yoga: De-stress the Stress," (Astadala Yogamala, Volume 3) B.K.S. Iyengar theorizes that our evolution away from the core of our being has caused this pollution and that the involution process made possible by the practice of yoga is the solution. He writes, "Yoga not only acts as a shock absorber but also helps in rebuilding and reconstructing energy to combat the destructive and the offensive energy that creates further stress and strain." When we don't take time to maintain our vehicle (the body) and its engine (the mind), they fall into disrepair. For example, when your tires are not maintained at their recommended pressure, they wear prem...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news