Prayer for inner happiness

Stress is defined as the physical and mental reaction to the interpretation of a known situation. In absence of a known situation, there cannot be a stress. One cannot be stressed about a person who has just died in New York in an accident unless he or she is a known person.

There has to be a right, conscious-based interpretation of the situation as the same situation can bring happiness to one and stress to the other.

The most important consequences of stress, physical or mental, therefore, depend on the right interpretation of the situation.

The interpretation or judgment in the body is governed by chemical reactions and is controlled by the balance of autonomic balance system which in turn is governed by the interaction of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system.

During the phase of acute stress when the sympathetic system is predominant, heart rate and blood pressure rises and a person cannot take correct and decisive decision. He or she is likely to make mistakes which can often be detrimental to ones living. Sympathetic mode is basically the mode of flight or fight reactions of the body.

Correct conscious-based decisions can only be taken in a state of relaxed mind when the intention is inserted in the field of consciousness. The relaxed mind state of the body is the parasympathetic mode, which is healing and is evident by reduction in heart rate, blood pressure and increase in the skin resistance.

Most conscious-based decisions will be based on truthfulness, will be necessary and will bring happiness to both the persons and the surroundings.

The yogic lifestyle by which a person learns the dos and don’ts of living, does regular practice of correct postures, indulges in daily pranayama and practices regular withdrawal from the outer atmosphere, helps in preparing a state of physical and mental body state which is more receptive for conscious based decisions. Yoga Sutras of Patanajli included them in ashtanga yoga as the processes of Yama, Niyama, Asanas, Pranayama and Pratyahara.

Prayers have no value when the mind is not at rest. All of us have participated in hundreds of mourning prayers, each lasting for two minutes of silence. This prayer has no value if the two minutes of silence is not observed. If prayer is done without it the mind will remain restless and we will keep on thinking these two minutes are not over yet. The process of silence does shift our awareness towards test and parasympathetic state and temporarily we get to be in contact with the memories of the departed soul and we pay homage to him or her. 

Today a large number of organizations are teaching the process of meditation but the same cannot be taught unless a person practices procedures by which the mind gets relaxed.

The eight limbs of Patanjali focus in detail about pre-meditation preparations and once that is learned one can go to the other three limbs which are dharna, dhyana and samadhi.

Yoga asanas are different from exercises. They stimulate and stretch all or one of the seven charkas, autonomic plexuses, and ganglion and there located ductless endocrine glands. Also during a yogasana the mind is in the exercise and not wondering here and there.

While yogic exercises at rest are termed yoga asanas and the same yogic meditative exercises with activity are called traditional Indian dances. Western exercises and dances do not follow the principles of yoga.

Many international studies have shown that over one-third of the people during their lifetime pray either for their own illness or for somebody else.

All hospitals should have spirituals areas. The prayer and meditation rooms in a hospital setting invariably will provide an arena which will improve patient-doctor relationship and will reduce the rising disputes amongst them in the country.

Avoid Walking Till Sunlight In Smog

 Over 1500 nurses participated in Divya Jyoti Nurses’ Festival in the ongoing 19th Perfect Health Mela. Various competitions including health debate, skit/health play, health model display, poster-cum-slogan writing and collage making were organized in the festival. The topics included – Should nurses spend at least two years abroad, the patient-doctor relationship, ideal clinic, natural fast food and slim with taste.
 Following are the gist of discussion:

·         Nurses are the backbone of the society and an important conduit between patient care and the doctor.

·         Nurses can play an important role in educating the people about dengue fever as well as the smog menace.
·         Every doctor who practices should hire services of a nurse whose job should be to check blood pressure, pulse of every patient and for about history of smoking, alcoholism, sexual preferences and diet.

·         They should also be doing the job of talking to the patient after the doctor has seen and counseled them about the prescription details.
·         They should also telephonically call the patient at regular intervals to know about their status.

Live workshop on hypertension

 A workshop on Hypertension was also organized. The faculty included Dr Vanita Arora from Max Heart Institute and Dr KK Aggarwal. 

 

Facts about hypertension

·         The conclusion of the workshop was that every effort must be made to keep the blood pressure below 120/80.

·         Hypertension affects 15-20% of the society.

·         The first blood pressure should be checked at 4 years of age.

·         Even 5mm reduction in blood pressure reading can reduce the mortality

·         Hypertension is silent killer and if not controlled can damage the eyes, kidney, heart and brain.

·         In hypertension, in addition to controlling the blood pressure reading, it is equally important to control blood sugar and lipid profile.

·         Smoking even one cigarette can increase the blood pressure reading.

·         The harmful changes of high blood pressure can be regressed with lifestyle management.

 Anmol festival for children with special needs                    

Anmol, a festival for children with special needs was organized in the Perfect Health Mela. The festival was coordinated by Balwant Rai Mehta Vidya Bhavan. Over 200 children with special needs participated in folk dance, yoga, painting, singing and diya decoration competitions. 

Seminar on Therapeutic Value of Indian Classical Dance

A special seminar on therapeutic value of India Classical Dance was organized in MTNL Perfect Health Mela. Noted dancers Guru Jitendra Maharaj, Saroja Vaidyanathan, Nalini-Kamalini and Kanak Sudhakar participated in the seminar. 

Facts about classical dance 

·         Classical dance is better than western dance as in addition to exercise, it harmonizes the body’s autonomic nervous system.

·         It comes into category of an aerobic dance.

·         It gives all the advantages of doing pranayama and meditation.

·         People who do classical dance regularly have less chances of developing heart attack.

Qawwali by Urdu Academy

 Urdu Academy organized a live performance of Qawwali by Mr. Ghulam Sabir Nizami, famous qawwal of Delhi. 

All Pathy Consensus on Exercise

Doctors from all pathies participated in a seminar on exercise organised in association with All India Radio. The faculty included Dr. KK Aggarwal, Dr. V.A. Siddiqui (Homeopathy), Dr. BN Sinha (Ayurveda), Dr. Raisuddin (Unani), Dr. S.N. Yadav (Yoga), Dr. R.K. Tuli (Holistic medicine) and Dr. D.N. Sharma (Naturopathy).

Facts about exercise 

·         One should exercise 80 minutes a day and brisk exercise 80 minutes a week.

·         The speed of walking should be at least 80 steps per minute.

·         One should do resistance or weight bearing exercises twice in a week.

·         Avoid doing strenuous exercises for the first time in life after the age of 40.

·         According to Ayurveda, one should exercise to his or her body type.

·         Diabetics who exercise should not exercise if blood sugar is lower than 90.

·         In conditions of smog, avoid walking early in the morning till sunlight appears.

Pakistani stall attracts crowd 

For the first time, a Pakistani delegation has set up a stall in the Perfect Health Mela.Thirty stalls from the Dept. of Handicrafts, Government of India (COHANDS) also have items on display that would be of interest of people who enjoy Diwali shopping.

Vacuum massaging in the Mela 

The old traditional ancient vacuum massage therapy workshops are being conducted in the Mela by Mumbai team lead by Suman Srivastava and Anil Jani. The massage is good for the chronic ailments.  

About 4571 people including teachers, parents, children, nurses, doctors, journalists and general public have been trained in CPR 10.

Tomorrow’s attractions 

Tomorrow, the Mela will hold Medico Masti, youth festival which includes fashion show, western dance and choreography. There will also be a conference on Homeopathy Cardiology, Cardiology in Naturopathy. There will also be a session by Delhi Medical Association on Nursing Home problems.  

 Over 100 foreigners to be apart of Perfect Health Mela 

An all-religion seminar is being organised on the role of prayer in health on Sunday 5pm with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Over 50 foreign nationals from various countries will be participating. This will be for the first time that foreign nationals will be a part of Perfect Health Mela.