Becoming a Master of The Body

SITTING STRAIGHTPosture defines personality. We spend most of our days glued to a chair and stapled to our screens. A straight back fixes many of the ills that come with a sedentary lifestyle..WALKING STRAIGHTWe have evolved from homo erectus, not from homo slouchus. The itch of walking with a bent back must be broken. Replace it with a strong, confident stride with back, neck and feet aligned perfectly. It's going to hurt, but trust me, it's worth the effort..EATING WITHOUT DISTRACTIONFood is the ahuti to the embers of the bodily flame (vaishvanara). I certainly cannot recall any yajna that was performed while watching television or while gossiping! Can you? Let's turn eating into a sacred yajna, uninterrupted by the relentless chatter around us. .AVOIDING FIDDLING WITH OUR FINGERSThese are visual equivalents of 'umm...', 'uhh...' and all the rest. This kill our confidence before it's even born, and reflects a mind that is constantly tossing and turning in a bed of anxieties..NOT BITING NAILSAdvice given to 2-year-olds also applies to people ten times that age. Infections, chipped teeth and misaligned incisors are all just the beginning of the harms that nail-biting can entail. The stomach certainly doesn't appreciate keratin mixing in with all the sugars and proteins..AVOIDING LATE NIGHTS‘I'm a night owl’ is a synonym for ‘I don't care about my health’" The Circadian Rhythm goes out of the window, diseases walk right in, and tamasik thoughts begin to enact their wretched dance in our minds. A fast-paced life may have taken over our day; let's at least protect our nights..APPLYING TILAKOrnaments don't always have to be made of gold or diamonds. The tilak signifies something far more precious—Bhagawan. It reminds us of whom we serve, what we must uphold, and most importantly, who we are—Hindus. REGULARLY APPLYING OILWe have two choices—apply oil regularly, or become bald before turning 40. We are losing hair faster than ever, courtesy a polluted environment and the preservative-pumped ‘shampoos’ that we voraciously rip off shelves. A head massage with oil is one way we can try to arrest that.

Becoming a Master of The Body

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