“YOGA’’ – A NEW CONCEPT TO ACHIEVE 100% VNRBD IN INDIA

1. “YOGA’’ – A NEW CONCEPT TO ACHIEVE 100% VNRBD IN INDIA BY

2. INTRODUCTION • HUMAN BLOOD ----LIFE FORCE –LIQUID LOVE • COMPOSITION-------VERY COMPLICATED • ONLY SOURCE---------HUMAN BODY • GOOD MEDIUM FOR ---ORGANISMS TO GROW • MORE THAN 90% TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS------------WINDOW PERIOD

3. FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BLOOD • LIFE FORCE –CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED ARTIFICIALLY • NO SINGLE BLOOD UNIT IS 100% SAFE---ONLY VNRBD CAN HELP • SAFE BLOOD CAN SAVE LIFE BUT CONTAMINATED BLOOD CAN TAKE LIFE • BLOODCOLLECTED ON VNRBD ---- THE SAFEST • BLOOD FROM CLOSE RELATION CAN BE FATAL- GVHD • THERE IS NO TERM LIKE----------FRESH BLOOD • SINGLE BLOOD UNIT TRANSFUSION IS ONLY OF COSMETIC PURPOSE • MORE THAN 40% BLOOD IS USED IRRATIONALLY

4. FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BLOOD contd- • MORE THAN 40% BLOOD IS USED IRRATIONALLY • ACTION PLAN OF NATIONAL BLOOD POLICY---100% VNRBD BY DECEMBER, 2005 — NOT ACHIEVED YET • HALF OF POPULATION IS FIT TO DONATE BLOOD BUT ONLY 4 OUT OF 1000 DONATE • VARIOUS MODES/ METHODS APPLIED---TARGET NOT ACHIEVED • MORE INNOVATIVE IDEAS NEEDED— ”YOGA IS ONE OF THEM”

5. REQUIREMENT OF BLOOD contd • INDIAN POPULATION ----1020 MILLIONS • WHO CRITERIA 05-11 BLOOD UNITS/ HOSPITAL BED • TOTAL REQUIREMENT----9-9.5 MILLIONS UNITS/YEAR • AVAILABLE ------AROUND 5-5.5 MILLIONS UNITS/YEAR • SHORTAGE--------MORE THAN 40% • REPLACEMENT BASIS---37% • VOLUNTARY BASIS---- 63%

6. LEGAL ASPECTS • SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION COMES UNDER LEGAL PROTECTION • INDIAN CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 21-III)---NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF HIS LIFE • CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 1986—COVERS BLOOD AS A COMMODITY • INDIAN PANEL CODE CHAPTER 269 &270—PROTECTION AGAINST SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES • DRUG AND COSMETICS ACT OF 1940---REGULATES BLOOD BANKING & TRANSFUSIONS IN INDIA

7. MYTHS ABOUT BLOOD DONATION • WEAKNESS/FATIGUE • LEADS TO WEIGHT GAIN/LOSS • DISTURBS BALANCE OF BODY • TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS • FEAR OF DISCOVERING DISEASES • UNABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN • DIES BEFORE WIFE

8. TYPES OF BLOOD DONATION • PROFESSIONAL BLOOD DONATION –BANNED • REPLACEMENT/RELATION DONATION • DIRECTED BLOOD DONATION • VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION---SAFEST & BEST • AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATION

9. CRETERIA FOR BLOOD DONATION • AGE -- BETWEEN 18-60 YEARS • BODY WEIGHT ----45 KG AND ABOVE • HAEMOGLOBIN MORE THAN 12.5 Gms/dl • BLOOD PRESSURE AND PULSE --WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS • SHOULD BE HEALTHY AND DISEASE FRE • BUT MOST IMPORTANT“WILLPOWER” • AND WILL POWER COMES FROM---- “YOGA”

10. YOGA? SANSKRIT ROOT WORD “YUJ” MEANING –A PROCESS OF UNION BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT BY SCIENTIFIC PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS OF MEDITATION SPIRIT? SOUL ? • YOGA ---IS NOT A RELIGION BUT MOST • SECULAR AND UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF • BROTHERHOOD • BENEFICIAL FOR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND • SPIRITUAL HEALTH INCLUDING • BIOCHEMICALAND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS • IT IS A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE AND AN ART • AND SCIENCE OF HEALTHY LIVING AND • BRINGS OUT “DORMANT POTENTIAL” OF HUMAN BEING

11. YOGA—contd. • IT BRINGS HARMONY INTO ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE BY INTEGRATION • YOGA IS PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SINCE ANCIENT TIMES------- BENEFICIAL FOR PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS • TRANSFORMS ANIMAL NATURE TO HUMAN NATURE & HUMAN NATURE TO GOD-LIKE BEING RADIATING SAT (REALITY), CHIT (CONCIOUSNESS) & ANANDA (BLISS) • MOST PAPULAR MODEREN WORD --- “ATOMIC BOMB” IF PRACTISED PROPERLY -- RELEASES TREMONDOUS POWERFUL ENERGY -- LIFTS TO HIGHER REALMS OF CONCIOUSNESS • HELPS IN CONCEIVING, NURTURING AND DEVELOPING ALTRUISTIC AND OTHER HUMAN VALUES ------ “DESIRE TO DONATE BLOOD”

12. ESSENCE OF YOGA “IN ESSENCE, YOGA IS A PATH OF SPIRITUAL ENQUIRY, AWAKENED BY THE EARNEST DESIRE FOR HAVING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE AND ENTIRE PHENOMENON ASSOCIATED WITH IT”

13. HUMAN BODY--- BUNDLES OF MOTIONS--- CONSISTS OF CELLS – MOLECULES--- –ATOMS-------– PROTONS, ELECTRONS, NEUTRONS, POSITRONS------SEMI-INTELLIGENT MINUTE FORCES -----SPARKS OF THOUGHTS OF GOD UNDERLYING--- CHEMICAL MOTION OF MOLECULAR, ATOMIC, ELECTRONIC AND PROTONIC WAVES ----------------UNDERLYING ARE WAVES OF SENSATIONS – WAVES OF THOUGHTS , FEELING AND WILL POWER-------------- STILL DEEPER-----SOUL---IDENTIFIES WITH BODY=== EGO MIND ----THINKING AND PERCEPTION

14. HARMONY • HARMONY IS A PRECIOUS TREASURE OF HUMAN LIFE • THERE IS NO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WITHOUT HARMONY IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE • CELLS TO CELLS • CELLS AND TISSUES • TISSUES AND ORGANS • ORGANS AND SYSTEMS • BODY AND MIND • EMOTIONS AND INTELLIGENCE • BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT • INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY • SOCIETY, COMMUNITIES AND WHOLE OF COSMOS • INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUPREME CONSCIOUSNESS

15. CAUSES OF DIS-HARMONY DISTURBANCE IN MANOMAYA KOSHA DISTURBANCE IN VIJANANAMAYAKOSHA FAILURE TO TAKE RIGHT DECISION AT RIGHT TIME END UP WITH PROBLEMS LOSS OF ANANDA, HEALTH AND HARMONY

16. HOW YOGA WORKS • KRIYAS , ASANAS, PRANAYAMA AND DHYNA • BALANCES ENDOCRINAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM • INCREASES MIND AND BODY CONTROL • MIND BECOMES CALM, RELAX AND REFRESH • HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND HARMONY

17. YOGIC INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTHY LIFE STYLE • YOGA PRACTICES ------SHATKARMAS, YOGASANAS, PRANAYAMA, BADHAS, MUDHRAS AND DHYANA • DIET MODIFICATIONS - QUANTITY, QUALITY & ATTITUDE • POSTURAL MODIFICATIONS • BREATH MODIFICATIONS • BEHAVIOURAL MODIFICATIONS • RELAXATION • MEDITATION

19. METHODS OF YOGA • HATHA YOGA- BODY ABSORBS GREATER COSMIC ENERGY. EIGHTY FOUR BASIC POSTURES. ERECT SPINE ALLOWS FREE FLOW OF ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS • LAYA YOGA – COMPLETE MELTING / ABSORPTION OF MIND IN ANY CONCEPT OF DIVINE • KARMA YOGA –GOOD WORK AND RIGHT ACTIVITY • MANTRA YOGA CONCENTRATING ON MANTRA (ROOT POTENT VIBRATORY WORDS) BY LOUD CHANTING , SOFT CHANTING , WHISPER CHANTING, MENTAL OR SUPERCONSCIOUS CHANTING • BHAKTI YOGA --- WITH FULL DEVOTION • RAJA / ROYAL YOGA –BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE- EIGHT FOLD PATH OR PATANJALI’S “ ASHTANG YOG”

20. SAMADHI DHYANA DHARNA PRATYAHARA PRANAYAMA ASANA NIYAMA YAMA

21. 1 YAMA------ ( DO’S AND DON’T’S OF SOCIETY) • AHIMSA – NON INJURY TO ALL IN WORDS , ACTIONS AND THOUGHTS • TRUTH- - MELODIOUSLY NOT BITTERLY • NON - STEALING • CELIBACY • POSSESSION – NEED BASED • 2NIYMA-------(PERSONAL CODE OF CONDUCT) • CLEANLINESS- ----INTERNAL & EXTERNAL • CONTENTMENT • AUSTERITY • STUDY OF SCRIPTURES • SURRENDER TO GOD • DICTUM --NO ABUSIVE WORDS FROM MOUTH , NO EVIL THOUGHTS AND NO HARM TO ANYONE

22. YOGASANS – STEADFASTNESS AND FEELING JOY MAIN PURPOSE- MAKE THE BODY FLEXIBLE- SIT EASILY FOR LONGER TIME WITH SPINE STRAIGHT • PHYSICAL EXERCISE YOGASANS • BODY BECOMES STIFF BECOMES ELASTIC • ERRATIC BREATHING RHYTHMIC • EXTERNAL MUSCLE EXERCISE INTERNAL ALSO • LESS BLOOD TO DIGESTIVE SYS. EQUAL BLOOD • PHYSICAL BODY INFLUENCED ASTRAL BODY & MIND   • UNEQUAL BODY DEVELOPMENT EQUAL DEVELOPMENT • NO INTELLECTUAL DEV. YES • FATIGUE NO • NO CONCENTRATION CONCENTRATION • CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY CONSERV ENERGY • DIFFICULT FOR WEAK AND OLD EASY FOR ALL • NEEDS SPACE AND GADGETS NO NEED • NOT POSSIBLE IN JOURNEYS POSSIBLE

23. ESSENTIALS OF YOGASANAS • BREATHING • AWARENESS • RELAXATION • SEQUENCE • COUNTER POSE • NO STRAINING • AGE LIMITATIONS • CONTRA-INDICATIONS • TERMINATION OF ASANA • INVERTED ASANAS

24. PRANA = COSMIC AND SPECIFIC (INDIVIDUALIZED) • FIVE TYPE OF CURRENTS • 1 CURRENT OF CRYSTALLIZATION = PRANA • 2 CURRENT OF CIRCULATION = VYAN • 3 CURRENT OF ASSIMILATION = SAMAN • 4 CURRENT OF METABOLISM = UDAN • 5 CURRENT OF ELIMINATION = APAN

25. 4. PRANAYAMA PATANJALI SAYS :- “ REGULATION OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLOW OF BREATH WITH RETENTION” CONTROL OF PRANA OR SUBTLE CURRENTS OF LIFE FORCE BREATHING PROCESS--- ALWAYS IN PRESENT—VEHICLE BREATHING IS GROSS, PRANA IS SUBTLE---- MAN IS PRANI PRANA?----LIFE FORCE, LIFE ENERGY, COSMIC ENERGY, INTELLIGENT FORCE, PYSCHOTRONIC FORCE, BIO-PLASMIC ENERGY, KI, CHI -- CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY KRILIANS CAMERA -- (AURA) ELECTRICITY , HEAT, MAGNET, LIGHT , SUN, WATER, FIRE -----------------------ALL ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF PRANA PRANA AND ETHER ARE THE BASIS OF CREATIONS & SOME TOTAL OF PRANIC SHAKTI IS CONSTANT----------------------(REGULATED THROUGH CHAKRAS ) SENSES – LIMITED POWER- --ORANGE – NO WAVES OF ELECTRONS

26. BENEFITS OF PRANAYAMA LONGEVITY --( AGE NOT IN YEARS BUT IN NO OF BREATHS) TORTOISE 4-5/ MIN = 200 YEARS. SNAKES 7-8/MIN = 150 YEARS MAN 15-18/MIN = 100YEARS HORSE 20-22/MIN = 42 YRS DOGS 28-30/MIN = 15 YRS BODY IS VITALIZED AND TONED UP GOOD EFFECTS ON ALL SYSTEMS OF BODY STIMULATES SUSHMA NADI – GOOD FOR INTELLECTUALS AND THINKERS DORMANT MENTAL POWER EXPANDS SWITCHING OF LIFE FORCE FROM SENSE TELEPHONES- CALMS DOWN MIND – DECREASES HT RATE - -SPIRIT BEGINS TO MANIFEST MOON IN BUCKET OF WATER

27. PRECAUTIONS FOR PRANAYAMA • OPEN AIR • AVOID STRONG WINDS • INCREASE PRACTICE GRADUALLY • EMPTY STOMACH • INCREASE PRACTICE IN WINTER • NO KUMBAK FOR HYPERTENSIVE , ASTHMA AND CARDIAC PATIENTS • NO SURYABEDI AND BASTRIKA IN SUMMER • NO SHEETALI & CHANDERBEDI IN WINTER • CELIBACY • GOOD AFTER TAKING BATH • INSULATED ASAN WITH BLANKET • COMFORTABLE POSITIONS WITH ERECT SPINE

28. DR.BRUCELIPTON (BIOLOGIST TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EPIGENETICS ) IN BOOK“BIOLOGY OF BELIEF”SAYS THAT BRAIN DOESN’T CONTROL OUR BODY AND EACH CELL OF THE BODY HAS ITS OWN INTELLIGENCE

29. WATER RESPONDS TO OUR THOUGHTS DR. MASSARU EMATO OF JAPAN IN HIS RESEARCH HAS CONCLUDED THAT WATER RESPONDS TO OUR THOUGHT EXPERIMENT:- SUBJECTED WATER SAMPLES TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC, PRAYER, TALKING TO WATER AND READING BOOKS. WATER SAMPLES WERE FROZEN AND EXAMINED UNDER MICROSCOPE RESULT- BEAUTIFUL / HAPHAZARD CRYSTALS HUMAN BODY = 70% OF WATER EARTH PLANET = 70% OF WATER

30. REAL INCIDENT IN HISTORY GANGA WATER

31. NEEL RIVER IN EGYPT 1000 • YEARS ----- -STUDIED THE :- • FLOW OF WATER • LEVEL OF WATER • TURBULENCE • AND FORECASTED • EARTHQUAKE • VOLCANO ERUPTIONS • TSUNAMI

33. PRATYHARA– INTERIORIZATION OF MIND OR TURNING OF SEARCH LIGHTS INWARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER PRANAYAM LEADS TO FREEDOM OF MIND FROM PHYSICAL SENSATIONS • DHARNA-CONCENTRATION OF MIND AT ONE THOUGHT • DHAYANA --(MEDITATION) = CONC. OF MIND ON GOD • AVERAGE PERSON CANNOT CONCEIVE GOD – PATANJALI SAYS “MEDITATE ON AUM.”

34. ALL MATTER VIBRATES PRODUCING SOUND AND SUBTLEST SOUND IS AUM, AMEN, AMIN & HUM IT IS COSMIC MOTOR SOUND – PERMEATES ALL – FLOWS FROM SPIRIT LIKE “OIL FROM A BARREL” IT IS A SOUND OOZING OUT OF ALL ATOMIC VIBRATIONS ACTUAL AUM – UNLIMITED ,OMNIPRESENT AND OM NISCIENT 8. SAMADHI -- MERGER WITH THE ABSOLUTE

35. CHAKRAS

36. TIMES OF INDIA DATED 17/01/10 --” TAPPING THE IMMENSE POWER OF THOUGHTS “ • 10-15 YRS HUMAN BEING WILL CONTACT ALIENS NOT THROUGH RADIO WAVES BUT THROUGH THOUGHTS ----BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE • AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE COMPANY INVENTED A THOUGHT –POWERED PROSTHETIC ARM -- WORKS BY THE BRAIN WAVES OF THE BEARER • SCIENTISTS AT UNIVERSITY OF SARAGOZA SPAIN INVENTED WHEEL CHAIR – WORKS WITH POWER OF THOUGHTS • A TOY CO HAS INVENTED A TOY GAME -- PLAYER HAS TO PUT UP A HEAD SET -- CAN PLAY • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON MANUFACTURED COMPUTERS WHICH CAN BE COMMANDED BY JUST THINKING • FUTURE:- JUST THINK AND HE / SHE DONATES BLOOD ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD???

37. CONCLUSION INFACT YOGA PRACTITIONER MAY NOT REQUIRE BLOODTRANSFUSION BECAUSE YOGA HELPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH LEADING TO PHYSICAL FITNESS AND INCREASE IN THE WILL POWER REGULAR PRACTICE OF YOGA LEADS TO DEVELOPMENT OF ALTRUISM IN THE BLOOD DONORS Contd/-

38. CONCLUSION Contd-- YOGA HELPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS – NEEDED FOR BLOOD DONOR MOTIVATORS ALL THOSE INSTITUTIONS PRACTISING YOGA SHOULD BE APPROACHED FOR VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION ----- EASIER TO MOTIVATE YOGA PRACTITIONER TO DONATE BLOOD THAN OTHERS IF ALL PRACTISE YOGA– 100% VNRBD CAN BE ACHIEVED IN INDIA.

39. “FOUNDATION COURSE IN YOGA SCIENCE” FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS / (w.e.f 20th March to 24th April 2010) Organized by GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAMMU In collaboration with MORARJI DESAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOGA, NEW DELHI

49. RESULT OF FORTY [40] PARTICIPANTS WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR THE STUDY AND ATTENDED THE SESSIONS REGULARLY WITH KEEN INTEREST *P value < 0.05 Statistically Significant