Does yoga complement other systems of health? Or is it a stand-alone, complete system?
Yoga is a total complementary system. For me, yoga is like a catalyst for medicine. It contributes. With yoga, a belief is instilled in you that you can take care of yourself. It produces self-confidence. Suppose a person takes 10 tablets for a particular ailment, after practicing yoga, the intake would reduce to eight. Or if I have a back pain, I will do asanas and will be fine. But in acute conditions like spondylosis, yoga cannot help. Surgery would be the right step. Yoga supports all systems. Practicing yoga in the right way, knowing your students and his constitution would help.There are no side-effects of yoga. Yoga is very popular in the West. You and your son Kausthub regularly teach there. But hasn’t it been turned into a mere physical exercise there? I am disappointed to say that wind here always blows from the West. Yoga being a physical exercise has become a general opinion among the public today thanks to the Western approach to it. I am a bit embarrassed to explain why i
