Can Yoga Cure the Common Cold?
I have a really bad cold–the kind of cold that wakes you up in the middle of the night with coughing and sneezing and makes your whole body sore. OK, Yoga from the earliest days was an effort to relieve suffering, right? A little old common cold should be a pushover for Yoga Philosophy, right? Let’s match up the key points of my philosophy with my effort to get through this cold. The Present Moment–Instead of bemoaning my discomfort and mentally trying to escape from it, I settle into calmly experiencing what is going on at this very moment. I let myself relax toward the discomfort rather than fighting it. The Wondrous Self–After awhile, since I’m paying attention instead of escaping, I start to marvel at what’s going on inside my body. It’s almost like an action/adventure movie–the white blood cells are rushing in to fight the evil virus cells. What a scientific wonder that the virus doesn’t just take over and destroy me. There is a lot going on in this movie. I’m rooting for the good
