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Yoga as a therapy works very well at both the psychic and psychosomatic stages. Once the disease enters the somatic stage, yoga therapy as an adjunct to other therapies may improve the condition. In the organic stage, yoga therapy’s role is more of a palliative, pain-relieving, and rehabilitative nature.

The modern world is facing a pandemic of lifestyle disorders that require changes to be made consciously by individuals themselves. Yoga places great importance on a proper and healthy lifestyle, whose main components are:

• Achar: Yoga stresses the importance of healthy activities such as exercise, and recommends body–breath work (asana, pranayama, kriya) on a regular basis. Improved cardiorespiratory health, exercise tolerance, agility, and physical endurance are by-products of such healthy activities.

• Vichar: Healthy thoughts and a healthy attitude towards life are vital for wellbeing. A balanced state of mind is obtained by following moral self-restraints (yama) and ethical observances (niyama). As Mahatma Gandhi said, “The world has enough in this world for everyone’s needs, but not enough for everyone’s greed.”