Kajaria Divya¹ , Prof. Arun Gupta²

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1Assistant Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa, C.B.P.C.S, New Delhi

2Professor & H.O.D. Department of Panchakarma, Ch.B.P.A.C.S, New Delhi

Corresponding Author: Dr.Divya Kajaria, Department of Kayachikitsa, C.B.P.C.S.

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Abstract

 The leading causes of mortality among aged people comprises of respiratory problems, heart diseases, cancer and stroke. Significant causes of morbidity among this group is chronic inflammatory and degenerative conditions such as Arthritis, Diabetes Osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, psychiatric disorders, Parkinson’s disease and age related urinary problems showing the paradigm shift of morbidity and mortality from communicable  diseases to non-communicable one. The biggest challenge with geriatric diseases is that in most of the cases the condition cannot be attributed to a single cause or in certain conditions of neuro-psychiatric disorders like, Senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, the structural cause is unknown. In such cases the conventional medical therapy fails to come out with effective management plan and hence is severely compromised. Another challenge with conventional medical therapy is that it does not have specific health-promoting agents. The word "yoga" comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means "to join" or "to yoke". Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind, and spirit. Patanjali’s famous definition of yoga is “yogas chitta vritti nirodhah”, which means “yoga is the controlling the fluctuations of the mind”. Chitta is mind, vrittis are thought impulses, nirodah is completely retraining. Yoga is method of channelizing energy through various physical and mental exercises. One can channelize his/her energy and can use it for fruitful purpose or destructive purpose. The paper will throw light on energy channelizing process through Yogic practices and its importance in combating geriatric diseases.

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