Yoga & Yogatherapy

Raman Das provides Yoga tuition for individuals only.  Under his guidance you will learn all the steps of yoga that are helpful in maintaining your health and well being.  

Yoga practice also incorporates Pranayama (breathing techniques) which unblock the energy channels of the body and create an environment to rebuild the vital current.

For those in good health, yoga is a perfect part of leading a balanced life.

Your Personalised Yoga Session

The benefits received from a personalized yoga session differ and far outweigh those of attending a general yoga class.

In a one-on-one yoga session with Raman Das he will assess your current condition and areas that need to be addressed and then develop a personalized yoga program based on his findings. Raman Das takes into account your current dietary and lifestyle habits and medical history when creating your yoga program. In this way you will experience maximum benefit and relief from any acute or chronic conditions much faster than in a general yoga class.

As your condition changes and improves through your yoga practice it is necessary to have a monthly consultation with Raman Das to enable him to update and adjust your yoga program accordingly. With the relief of your condition and rebalancing of your body, changes will occur that may need addressing along with dealing with the affects of season and dietary changes.

Yoga Therapy

Yogatherapy is the application of yoga postures (asanas), pranayama and meditation techniques to help alleviate certain conditions, which could be mechanical, physiological or psychological in nature.

Therapeutically, Yoga and Yogatherapy are suitable for those who have been suffering from many types of chronic or recurrent conditions.   It helps eliminate the aggravated ama (toxins) from the system, balance the doshas and stimulate the essential biochemical substances in the affected organs or system.

A yogatherapy session with Raman Das will focus on appropriate postures, breathing techniques and meditation based on an Ayurvedic assessment of your present state of health.

Meditation is a method used to increase will power, balance cellular energy, chakra energy, and develop concentration, inspiration and focus.  It is helpful in the removal of  psychosomatic disorders, for example: anxiety, depression, hallucinations, distracted mind, memory problems, stress and insomnia.

The use of Mudras (gestures) is common in yoga practice, being a technique to balance the mind/body and spiritual energy.

Sankha Prakshalana (yoga detoxification process) 

Sankha means conchshell ,  Prakshalana means to wash . Just like washing a conchshell where you would pour water into the mouth and drain it out via the opposite end of the shell.

This is a one day yoga cleansing process taking 4 hours to complete.  During this process you drink many litres of water and then perform certain repeated yoga practices.  After this you will feel the urge to proceed to the toilet and the process is repeated over the 4 hours where you will go to the toilet 6 to 10 times.  This process cleanses all the toxic substances from the intestines providing flexibility in the body.  It is beneficial in cases of constipation, increases digestive fire, cleanses the kidney function, eliminates toxins from the liver and parasites from within the system.

After this process the patient is given a special nourishing food called kitcheree (a mixture of rice, mung dhal and plenty of ghee) and advised to rest for the remainder of the day, along with special dietary advice for the following days. 

Background on Yoga

Yoga is a very ancient system of Hindu philosophy and means union, co-ordination, harmony, balancing of mind, body and spirit.  There are are six Hindu Vedic philosophies of life, and among them two are about yoga - Sankhya yoga, and Patanjali yoga.

Sankhya yoga describes the origin of the universe, mind, body and spirit in great detail and is more theoretical in nature.  It is very helpful in understanding the mystery of and different elements of the universe, and it also describes the function of sense organs, previous life, after death, birth and the universal cosmos.

Patanjali yoga explains the detailed  philosophies and practice of the yoga system.  This system is most popularly recognised as Yoga these days.  The Classical text of this system is found in the form of aphorisms.  Every aphorism of  the Patanjali yoga sutras have a vast and complex meaning.  

This text describes eight steps of the yoga system - 

1.  Yama 
2.  Niyama 
3.  Asana  (posture) 
4.  Pranayama  (Breathing control) 
5.  Pratyahar  (restraint of mind) 
6.  Dhyana  (meditation) 
7.  Dharana  (concentration of mind) 
8.  Samadhi  ( stage of super consciousness).