1. GREETINGS to all the delegates of the National Seminar on
“ Yoga for psychiatric and Neurological Disorders”
FROM PRASHANTI KUTIRAM, Bangalore Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (A Yoga University recognised by Govt of India)

2. Basis for an Integrated Yoga Module for Mental Disorders
Presented by
Dr H R Nagendra
Vice Chancellor,
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
A Yoga University, Bengaluru

3. CONCEPT OF HEALTH: -Absence of Diseases ?
- WHAT IS HEALTH?
-Absence of Diseases ?
“ HEALTH is a state of well being at
physical, mental, social and spiritual
levels and not mere absence of
illness or infirmity “
WHO

5. 20 Century Achievements:
GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM
20 Century Achievements:
Eradication of Infectious and Contagious Diseases
Sophisticated Surgeries
1-7

6. by 2000 GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM
Announcement of WHO Health for all
by 2000
1-7

7. NEW CHALLENGES – Life Style Diseases (Stress as the major trigger)
– Pandemics of the New Era
– Life Style Diseases
(Stress as the major trigger)
1-7

8. HEALTH HAZARDS: HIGH BP, IHD, ASTHMA, IBS DIABETES, BACK PAIN,
ARTHRITES, CANCER, AIDS
1-7

9. HEALTH HAZARDS: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS
NEUROSIS, PSYCHOSIS
1-7

10. STRESS HAZARDS: FAMILY DIVORCES TERRORISM DETERIORATING VALUES
STUDENTS UN-REST
FAMILY DIVORCES
TERRORISM
DETERIORATING VALUES
1-7

11. NO SOLUTIONS !!!!!
WHY ???
1-7

12. MODERN SCIENCE LIMITED TO THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE?
WHY
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE ?
MODERN SCIENCE LIMITED TO THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
1-8

13. BOTH STRUCTURE & LAWS OF PHYSICAL UNIVERSE ARE UNDERSTOOD
HENCE COMPLETE SUCCESS IN PHYSICAL WORLD
POLLUTION
INFECTIOUS - CONTAGEOUS DISEASES
SOFISTICATED SURGERIES
1-12

14. SCIENCE IS IN A “TURNING POINT”
FRITJOF CAPRA
TO UNDERSTAND
LIFE, MIND, INTELLECT
EMOTIONS, CONSCIOUSNESS etc
WE ARE IN AN EMBRIONIC STAGE
1-13

15. WE HAVE NO SOLUTION HENCE ANY CHALLENGE LIFE, MIND, INTELLECT
RELATED TO
LIFE, MIND, INTELLECT
EMOTIONS, CONSCIOUSNESS etc
WE HAVE NO SOLUTION
1-13

16. STRESS AND MODERN PANDEMICS ARE NOT MERELY PHYSICAL
They are Multi Dimensional
Mental Restlessness
Emotional Upsurges
Deep Rooted Psychological Conflicts….
All at the base of stress
HENCE FAILURE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF STRESS
1-14

17. INDIA’S CONTRIBUTIONS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED IN THE WEST HAVE FAILED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF
STRESS
WHAT IS THE WAY OUT?
INDIA’S CONTRIBUTIONS
KNOWLEDGE BASE OF
YOGA & SPIRITUALITY
1-15

18. Upanishads
contain
that knowledge base

19. What is that
Knowledge Base ??
from
Upanishads ?

20. The Four Wives

21. There was a rich merchant who had
4 wives

22. He loved the 4th wife the most.
He adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies.
He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best.

23. He also loved the 3rd wife very much.
He's very proud of her and always wanted to show her off to his
friends.
However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other men.

24. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the
2nd wife
He loved his 2nd wife too,.
She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the
merchant's confidante.
Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times.

25. 1st wife
Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household.
However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

26. One day, the merchant fell ill
One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, “Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I’ll be alone.
How lonely I’ll be!

27. Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart.

28. The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry when you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.

29. He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated.

30. Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you
Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The merchant looked up and there was his 1st wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have !"

31. Actually we all have 4 wives in our lives,..

32. The 4th wife
is our body
No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it ‘ll leave us when we die

33. is our possessions, status and wealth
Our 3rd wife
is our possessions, status and wealth
When we die they all will go to others

34. is our family and friends
The 2nd wife
is our family and friends
No matter how close they had been
there for us when we’re alive, the
farthest they can stay by us is up to
the grave.

35. Something you can’t see is in fact our "Individual self "
The 1st wife
Something you can’t see
is in fact our "Individual self "
Often neglected in our pursuit of material wealth and sensual pleasure. It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament.

38. FIVE LAYERED EXISTENCE OF HUMAN BEINGS
Taittirèya Upanishad
We all have 5 major sheaths of existence.
VIJNANAMAYA KOSA
MANOMAYA KOSA
PRANAMAYA KOSA
ANNAMAYA KOSA
ANANDAMAYA KOSA
FIVE LAYERED EXISTENCE OF HUMAN BEINGS

39. We are all brothers and sisters Brothers and sisters of America
ANANDAMAYA KOSHA
TRANSCENDENCE
UNITY CONSCIOUSNESS
TOTAL BLISS
TOTAL KNOWLEDGE
TOTAL POWER
TOTAL FREEDOM
We are all brothers and sisters
Brothers and sisters of America

40. VIJNANAMAYA KOSHA
DIFFERENTIATIONS START
KNOWLEDGE IS COMPLETE
ALL ACTIONS ARE GOVERNED BY THIS TOTAL KNOWLEDGE
NO STRESS OR TENSION
GREAT YOGA MASTERS Maharishi Patanjali, Shankaracharya, Sant Jnanadev,

41. MANOMAYA KOSHA MENTAL RESTLESSNESS
Emergence of likes and dislikes…Emotions
Likes and Dislikes dominate the scene
Emergence of Duryodhana
STARTING OF ADHI
The seed of Stress

42. ADHI - ADHI - MENTAL begins in MANOMAYA KOSA EXCESS SPEED no control
RESTLESS-
NESS
begins in
MANOMAYA
KOSA
ADHI -
EXCESS
SPEED no
control
STRESS
SYMPTOMS

43. DISTURBED PRÁNA BALANCE
ÁDHI - THE SEED OF DISEASE
DISTURBED PRÁNA BALANCE
WRONG DIRECTION
WRONG QUANTITIES
CONSTRICTIONS
BLOCKS
VIOLENT
CLEAR LAKE
HAPHAZARD BREATHING

44. WHICH ORGAN? HEREDITY WEAK ORGAN INJURED ORGAN
ÁDHIJA VYÁDHI
SETTLES DOWN IN ANNAMAYA KOSA AS ORGAN DAMAGE
WHICH ORGAN?
HEREDITY
WEAK ORGAN
INJURED ORGAN

45. sVYASA
ANNAMAYA KOSA
ÁDHI
VYÁDHI
PRANIC IMBALANCE
ÁDHIJA VYÁDHI

47. VYADHI - PSYCHOSIS AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
VIJNANAMAYA KOSA
ADHI - NEUROSIS
MANOMAYA...ADHI
PRANIC IMBALANCES
VYADHI - PSYCHOSIS AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

48. NEUROTIC DISORDERS INSIGHT RETAINED PERSONALITY NOT DISORGANIZED
NOT DUE TO ORGANIC CAUSE

49. EXAGGERATION OF NORMAL
RESPONSES TO STRESS
NEUROSIS
NORMAL
STABLE

50. ANXIETY DISORDERS PANIC DISORDERS PHOBIAS OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
GENERAL ANXIETY
PARASYMPATHETIC
SYMPATHETIC

51. MOOD DISORDERS
DEPRESSION
BIPOLAR DISORDER
MANIA
DEPRESSION

52. MOOD DISORDERS BIOGENIC AMINES DOPAMINE EPINEPHRINE NOREPINEPHRINE
MANIA
Increase
DOPAMINE
EPINEPHRINE
NOREPINEPHRINE
SEROTONIN
Decrease
DEPRESSION

53.  CAUSES FAMILY TENDENCY MORE IN BIPOLAR AND O C D
TRIGGERED BY LIFE EVENTS Eg. BEREAVEMENT MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS STRESS

54. ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM MEDICINE – PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS SURGERIES
ALL WORK ESSENTIALLY AT THE
PHYSICAL LEVEL ( Anadhija Vyadhi)

55. HENCE NO SOLUTIONS !!!!! WHAT IS THE WAY OUT ?? BUT THE ROOT CAUSE
IS IN MANOMAYA KOSHA
HENCE
NO SOLUTIONS !!!!!
WHAT IS THE WAY OUT ??

56. Health care Delivery Systems
are looking beyond the ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM
Through complimentary, alternative or Traditional Systems of health Care

57. AYUSH in India Establishment of NICAM in USA
Emphasis on Traditional Systems in WHO
AYUSH in India

58. NIMHANS – ADDING DIMENSIONS OF YOGA AND AYURVEDA IN DEALING WITH MENTAL DISORDERS
AND NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS - MOU with SVYASA

59. YOGA
AND
ITS APPROACH

60.  ROPE TRICK?  MAGIC ?  SIDDHIS ?  ACROBATICS OF BODY?  BREATHING
WHAT IS YOGA?
 ROPE TRICK?
 MAGIC ?
 SIDDHIS ?
 ACROBATICS OF BODY?
 BREATHING
EXERCISES?
1-19

61. YOGA YUJYATE ANENA ITI YOGAH PURE CONSCIOUSNESS FREEDOM MOKSHA
BRAHMAN ATMAN DIVINITY REALITY
YOGA IS A CONSCIOUS PROCESS FOR ACCELERATING THIS GROWTH
Sw VIVEKANANDA
DIVINE BEING
SUPER MAN
GREAT MAN
NORMAL MAN
YOGA
ANIMAL MAN
YUJYATE ANENA ITI YOGAH

62. PSYCHO-ANALYSIS MODEL
MOOD DISORDERS
PSYCHO-ANALYSIS MODEL
GÈTA MODEL
THINKING OF OBJECTS
REAL OR IMAGINED
(DHYÁYATO VIÚÁYÁN )
DESIRE
REAL OR IMAGINED
DESIRE
(SANGAH……..)
DISAPPOINTMENT
INFATUATION
(KÁMAH...)

63. DISTURBED AWARENESS (SAMMÔHAH...
ANGER
ANGER (KRODHA)
DISTURBED AWARENESS (SAMMÔHAH...
TOWARDS HIMSELF
AVOID AWARENESS
LOSS OF MEMORY
(SMØTI VIBHRAMAH..)
FLIGHT FROM REALITY
GUILT
MENTAL ILLNESS
(BUDHINÁSAH...)
DEPRESSION
MANIA
DESTRUCTION
(PRANAÙYATI...)
SUICIDE
ANTI-SOCIAL

64. THE THREE GUNAS - HURDLES
TAMAS - LAZINESS STAGNIATION
LETHARGY BLOCKS
RAJAS SPEED OVERSENSITIVITY
HYPERACTIVITY SELFISHNESS
SATTVA CALMNESS START OF
CONTROL SELFNESS

65. MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL
RAJAS PREDOMINATES
LEADING TO
MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS
HOW ??
3.3

66. ³edÊeg keÀecesHmegvee keÀce& meenbkeÀejsCe Jee Hegveë
Yattu kámepsuná karma sáhañkáreïa vá punaç
INCENTIVES
RAJAS
ef¬eÀ³eles yenguee³eemeb leêepemecegoeÛleced ~~
Kriyate bahuláyásam tadrájasamudaçrtam

67. WE ALL HAVE GREAT SENSITIVITY BUT SENSITIZATION ALONE
WOULD BE HAZARDOUS
GREATER THE SHARPNESS
GREATER THE
TENSION
3.3

68. WHICH IS A MARK OF GROWTH
RAJAS IS FEATURED BY
SENSITIVITY
WHICH IS A MARK OF GROWTH
BUT
SENSITIZATION ALONE
COULD LEAD TO
HYPERSENSITIVITY
3.3

69. EGO CAN JOIN HANDS WITH INTELLIGENCE (RAJAS) AND LEAD TO NEUROTICISM
3.3

70. EGO

71. EGO COUPLED WITH SENSE ATTRACTIONS (RAJAS) AND LEAD TO NEUROTICISM OR
LEAD TO EVEN PSYCHOSIS
3.3

72. Sense Attractions/Repulsions Vs Ego

73. EGO CHANNELISED PROPERLY USED PROPERLY TO SHATTER THE TAMAS
AND
SENSE PLEASURES
USED PROPERLY TO SHATTER THE TAMAS
CAN BE THE SOLUTION !
3.3

74. INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA FOR PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

75. YOGA -THE SCIENCE OF HOLISTIC LIVING6
YOGA -THE SCIENCE OF HOLISTIC LIVING
“EACH SOUL IS POTENTIALLY DIVINE. The goal of life is to manifest that DIVINITY within. By controlling nature, internal & external. Do by WORK or WORSHIP PHILOSOPHY or PSYCHIC CONTROL, by one or more or all of these and be free.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

76. ALL PATHS LEAD TO THE SAME GOAL
PERFECTION
PJNANAYOGA KNOWLEDGE
P RAJAYOGA FREEDOM
WBHAKTI YOGA DIVINITY
WKARMA YOGA BLISS
GOAL
ALL PATHS LEAD TO THE SAME GOAL

77. STREAMS OF YOGA JNANA, RAJA, BHAKTI & KARMA
BY ONE OR MORE OR ALL OF THESE

78. YOGA offers this Solution by its Total Approach
3.3

79. INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY
VIJNANAMAYA KOSA- Jnana Yoga
MANOMAYA KOSA
Dhyana, Bhakti
PRANAMAYA KOSA
Kriyas, Prnayama
ANANDAMAYA
KOSA
– KARMA YOGA
ANNAMAYA KOSA
SN, Asanas, Kriyas
INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY

80. ANNAMAYA
KOSHA
OPERATIONS

81. Surya Namaskar
Sithilikarana Vyayama
Asanas

82. SATTVIC
DIET
YOGA DIET

83. High sensitivity - Allergy Anxiety COMING OUT IS MANDATORY
RELAXATION
BALANCE
The key to
High sensitivity - Allergy Anxiety
CAKRA VYUHA
COMING OUT IS MANDATORY
RELAXATION IS THE TOOL
3.11

84. PRAANAMAYA KOSHA
OPERATIONS

85. KRIYAS, SECTIONAL BREATHING and PRANAYAMA
>150
SPEED OF BREATHING Br per Min
REGIONS OF PRANAYAMA SECTIONAL BREATHING REGION OF KRIYAS BREATHING RATE < 10 PRANAYAMA (MR <<<)
BREATHING RATE > 30 KRIYAS (MR >>>>)
NORMAL

86. CLEANSING Kapala Bhati Dog Breathing Rabbit Breathing Tiger Stretch
Kriyas used for Therapy
Kapala Bhati
Dog Breathing
Rabbit Breathing
Tiger Stretch
Jump Stretch

87. Breathing practices
Hands in and Out
Hands Stretch, etc

88. MANOMAYA KOSHA
OPERATIONS

89. ONE THOUGHT = ONE UNIT OF MIND
YOGA
MIND = CITTA / MANAH
ONE THOUGHT = ONE UNIT OF MIND
MIND - CONGLOMERATION OF THOUGHTS

90. CONGLOMERATION OF THOUGHTS
WHAT IS MIND?
CONGLOMERATION OF THOUGHTS
yoga is to gain
mastery over thoughts
-PATANJALI

91. NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THOUGHTS
RÁJA YOGA -
DIRECT CONTROL OF MIND
RANDOM MIND- CANCALATA
ENERGY
WASTED
NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THOUGHTS
EG: FAN, GARDEN, IDLI, SKY

92. CONCENTRATION CONCENTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR SUCCESS
FROM CANCALATA TO ÄKAGRATA
CONCENTRATION
= CHANNELISED
ENERGIES
* EDUCATION IS TO DEVELOP CONCENTRATION
CONCENTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR SUCCESS

93. DHÁRANA (MIND) (INTELLECT) (MEMORY)
CANCALATA - MULTIPLE SUBJECTS MULTIPLE THOUGHTS
ÄKAGRATA -SINGLE SUBJECT
(MIND)
MULTIPLE THOUGHTS
(INTELLECT)
DHÁRANA SINGLE THOUGHT
(MEMORY)

94. DHÁRANA- FOCUSSING
SINGLE THOUGHT

95. DHÁRANA
LASER FUSION
LENS

96. ARJUNA AND THE BIRD’S EYE

97. PROCESS OF REMEMBERING
DHÁRANA - MEMORY WAY
TRÁTAKA
FOCUS - CLOSE THE EYES
PERCEPTION - PERSISTENCE OF VISION
AT EYE LEVEL
DHÁRANA - RECALLING
- MEMORY WAY
PROCESS OF REMEMBERING

98. REDUCE SPEED AT ALL LEVELS
I A Y T
STRESS IS
SPEED
REDUCE SPEED AT ALL LEVELS

99. YOGA IS THE SKILL TO CALM DOWN THE MIND MANAÇ PRAÙAMANA UPÁYAÇ YOGAÇ
-VASISTA

100. DHYÁNA - FEATURES SINGLE THOUGHT SLOWNESS BMR WAKEFULNESS (AWARENESS)
EFFORTLESSNESS
EXPANSIVENESS (LIGHTNESS)

101. AVARTAN DHYÁNA Cyclic Meditation
COMBINES Stimulation and Relaxation
ASANAS
PRANAYAMA
MEDITATION

102. Kanthirava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore8
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Dates
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Venue:
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103. 20 YEARS OF
YOGA RESEARCH AT VYASA.
IS AT THE BASE
OF THIS PROGRAM
FOR
EXECUTIVES,
IT PROFESSIONALS

104. TOTAL REHABILITATION BY
YOGA OFFERS
TOTAL REHABILITATION BY
THE INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, NASAL ALLERGYetc
PATIENTS
DIABETES MELLITUS
HYPERTESION & IHD
OPHTHALMIC DISORDERS
OBESITY, BACK PAIN, Arthritis, etc 35000
Cancer, HIV

105. Recognised by Govt of India, Ministry of HRD through UGC
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOGA ANUSANDHANA SAMSTHANA (SVYASA)
A yoga UNIVERSITY
Recognised by Govt of India, Ministry of HRD through UGC

106. (Yoga and Spiritual lore) (Scientific Research)
By combining
The best of the EAST
(Yoga and Spiritual lore)
with
The best of the WEST
(Scientific Research)

107. DIVISIONS IN SVYASA Division of Yoga and Spirituality
Division of Yoga and Physical Sciences
Division of Yoga and Life Sciences
Division of Yoga and Management Studies
Division of Yoga and Humanities

108. COURSES AT A GLANCE LONG TERM:
C Y Sc Certificate Course in Yogic Sciences (30 Credits) one year* D Y Sc Diploma in Yogic Sciences
(60 Credits) 2 years* B Sc Bachelors Degree in
Yogic Sciences
(100 Credits) 3 years
M Sc Masters Degree Yogic
Sciences
(60 Credits) 2 years*
Ph D Doctoral Degree in Yogic
(100 Credits) 3 years*

109. Research Students Ph D : 50 MSc: 100 BSc: 35 DYSc CYSc 60
3.13

110. Research Papers Published: 70 Under communication : 26
Under preparation : 38
Conferences: 620
3.13

111. OUR COLLABORATIONS UCSF - NIH grant on HIV and DM
Other Universities in USA
UCLA, USC and Harvard
Yoga and Cardiology
U of Houston, MDACC, Mayo Clinic, U of Miami
Yoga in Cancer - NIH
University of Tennessee
Yoga for Asthma
University of South Florida, Tampa
Yoga and Arthritis

112. COLLABORATIONS
John Hopkins Pain Clinic
Yoga for pain Management
and many others in the offing ….
Universities in Australia
Swinbern University and RMIT
Germany
Stift Rottel Center of Rehabilitation, Grishba
Yoga and Trauma

113. to make yoga a socially relevent science
Let us work together
to make yoga a socially relevent science
to bring Health to the mentally sick
promoting harmony, bliss & peace
on earth

114. THE TALLEST STATUE OF
SWAMI
VIVEKANANDA
WELCOMES
ALL TO
PRASHANTI KUTIRAM
AT ENTRY

115. PRASHANTI KUTIRAM 32 km FROM BANGALORE, INDIA
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PRASHANTI KUTIRAM
INTERNATIONAL HQ of VYASA
32 km FROM BANGALORE, INDIA
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