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“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” said Rudyard Kipling in “The Ballad of East and West.” This dichotomy, however, seems to have been overcome in recent times, as many Eastern healing traditions have slowly and steadily percolated through to the healthcare system worldwide. This is especially true of mind–body therapies that focus on the health-promoting intrinsic connections that exist between the human brain, mind, body, and individual behavior.

Yoga may be understood as the art and science of conscious living. This may, indeed, be as ancient as the universe itself, as these principles are truly transcultural, transcendental, and timeless in their universality.

In recent times, however, yoga has become more popular as a therapy, with the majority of people often coming to it seeking to alleviate their physical, mental, or emotional imbalances. This has been aided by a number of published studies and systematic reviews offering reliable scientific evidence of the potential of yoga in treating a wide range of psychosomatic conditions.

Illness, disease, and disorders are common in this world, and people everywhere are desperately seeking relief from their suffering. Yoga helps us to think better and to live better; indeed, it helps us improve ourselves in everything we do. Hence it holds out the promise of health, wellbeing, and harmony.

We must not forget that the use of yoga as a therapy is just a recent happening in its wonderful long history, which has historically served to promote spiritual evolution. Yoga helps us to unify all aspects of our very being: the physical body, in which we live our daily life; the energy body, without which we will not have the capacity to do what we do; the mind body, which enables us to do our tasks with mindfulness; the higher intellect, which gives us clarity; and finally, the universal body, which gives us limitless bliss.