A STUDY ON EFFECT OF MEDITATION THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA ON HUMAN HEALTH WITH REFERENCE TO PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT OF KANNUR OF KERALA STATE

Until one’s death, man must be able to live healthy life and maximize the joy of living. Health is considered to be the foundation of all happiness. Health and happiness together in life is bound to turn all our dreams in to reality. The rishis discovered that the whole creation is composed of the five elements viz, akash(ether) ,vayu(air), agni(fire),jala(water) and Prithvi( earth). Rishis deduced that human structure is a miniature form of the universe and hence is also composed of the same five elements. Therefore they concluded that the secret of good health depends on the balance of the elements within the body and the imbalance in these five elements cause diseases of the body and mind. There is great inter relationship between the nature and the man. The vital energies of nature –air light food water and space influence his physical and emotional well being. The rishis and yogis subsisted on seasonal fruits and roots and maintained peace of mind by prayer and meditation and maintained healthy body. Space assumes the highest importance for all the activity in the body to function. If the space is clogged, nutrition cannot reach certain parts of the body as the blood cannot circulate. The proper nutrition of the body and the elimination of the waste materials keep the body fit. If the waste materials are eliminated in time it accumulates in the body resulting ultimately in a diseased condition. All diseases originate in the accumulation of poisons in the body; all diseases are fundamentally same says Louis Kuhne. Health is a resource on which the whole nation and world at large can prosper and develop. During the last few decades it has been increasingly recognized that health is immensely influenced by one’s mental state. Most of the diseases affecting the human beings have been proved beyond doubt that they are psychosomatic. Diseases have got a direct relationship with the emotions and thoughts of human beings. Hundreds of researches have been carried out which imply that diseases first originate in one’s mind and then only it attacks the physiological system. Some truth is pointed out in different medical that colonization of bacteria by itself does not lead to signs and symptoms of infective disorder. Many of the diseases cannot be cured traditional methods of treatment intake of medicines when it is the mind, the origin if all diseases, how can it be cured by external treatment. We must know more about mind, it’s thought and emotions or else we will have to depend on doctors and hospitals which have become mere business establishments. Mind can make one sick or speed the healing process, this ancient truth is now accepted by doctors of modern science. Mental health is an important dimension of health because all most all diseases are psychosomatic. Here the relevance of meditation lies in curing diseases. Physicians Psychotherapists and other professionals are increasingly adding meditative techniques to their practice. Most of the people practice meditation professionals are increasingly adding meditative techniques to their practice. Most of the people practice meditation to reduce stress, anxiety, anger, and other negative emotions. Now it is being proved that drastic diseases like cancer, blood pressure and heart ailments can be cured by practicing meditation Health is our birth right and there is a saying that “health is wealth” .The modern lifestyle with multi dimensional loads of physical, mental emotional and cultural factors creates a lot of stress to the human beings the stress along with bad food habits and lack of exercise generates several health problems such as increased blood sugar, hypertension, arthroserosis , migraine, bronchial asthma etc . Due to the modern life style the physical and immunity and digestive and will become reduced capacity of the individual will be considerably reduced and will become easily prone to several sorts if diseases .Once we are affected by the diseases we approach the doctors and hospitals and consume medicines. When people are under treatment, they feel some comfort but the diseases cannot be completely cured . Depending upon the intake of the medicine, side effects of the medicine may burst out again medicines for newly generated diseases. a large numbered medicines are toxic in nature and thereby results in the accumulation of poison in the body . Vegetables and Fruits will help to excrete toxins from the body. Yoga helps in this matter. Meditation helps in curing diseases this study aims at analyzing the benefits of meditation in curing chronic diseases and this is headed as the study of the “effects of meditation to the practice of yoga on human health” .