5.
Passing of stools (Faeces)
If the stool is not passed correctly one day, then abnormality starts in the body. It is a
must to pass the stool every morning. Those who don’t have such habits should make it
a habit compulsorily. It should not be passed out forecefully. When it passes easily and
comfortably, man is healthy.
We should have ‘a morning drink’ as soon as we get up and later go to pass the
stool. We may practice certain Yogasanas also for easy stool passing. We should make it a
habit to take meals two times a day and also pass stool twice a day. Vaman Dhauti Kriya,
Vasti or Enema may be used. Enema should not be taken frequently. “Excess is always
dangerous”. So one should see that the stool is passed naturally and easily. Soon
after passing, the anus should be cleaned and hands are washed either with clay or with
soap. Legs are to be washed. If possible one may take bath.
6. Passing of Urine
Passing of urine is also as important as passing of stool. We should pass it out, whenever
we feel. We should not pass it out wherever we like, but at proper places.
We should pass it:
a. Before we sleep in the night
b. Soon after we get up in the morning (after talking
water as morning drink)
c. After practicing Yogasanas and physical exercises
d. After taking meals
It is better to clean the urinary organs with water, soon after the urine is passed out.
Later hands and legs may be washed.
It is known to every one that if one drinks his urine, the disease resisting power
increases in him. Self-urine drink is known as “Shivambu”.
Excess urination is not good. Stoppage of urine is also not good. Therefore one should be
very cautious about the passage of urine. While passing urine, lower teeth should be
tightly held by the upper teeth. By this, teeth are strengthened. Nothing should be there
in the mouth while passing urine.
7. Bathing
Bathing is a must for every one to lead a healthy life. The main purpose of bathing is to
remove the dirt gathered on the skin and release the tension of the mind. Every morning
after attending to the calls of the nature, we must take bath. Some people take bath once
a day, others take twice or even thrice a day in summer. Morning and evening, two times
bath is good from the health point of view. We get rid of laziness from the morning bath.
Evening bath cleans the dirt on the body accumulated during day’s work and makes us
have a tension free deep sleep in the night. Bathing in the flowing water or a river is
preferable. Bathing in a tank or with a pumpset water is also good. City people use tap
water for bathing. Taking bath in normal (cold) water is better. We can have warm water
bath in winter or when we feel ill.
While taking bath we must rub or massage the body thoroughly. It is better to have bath
with proper herbal powder. A number of soaps are popular these days, we should use the
soap that does not harm the skin. If black mud is available, its paste should be applied
to head and body and then have a thorough bath. A number of advantages are there with the
black mud bath. We should massage the head and the body with oil once a week and take
bath.
We should first wet the feet and then the entire body before we take bath. We should use
the required quantity of water only. We have to follow certain do’s and
don’t’s about bathing. We should not take bath immediately after taking meals,
after walking in the sun, after running, after practicing Yogasanas or other exercises. We
must wait for some time till our body and the breathing become normal and then go for
bathing. After bath we must dry our body thoroughly with a dry cloth. Specially we should
see that no water drops remain either in the leg pits or armpits. If water drops remain
there, they may lead to skin diseases.
We should take care that there should be no shivering in the body either during bath or
after bath.
The pores of the skin are opened after the bath. The blood circulation is regulated in the
nerves. Energy in body is re-generated, new vigour develops and laziness and tiredness
vanish.
8. Sleep
Sleep helps a lot in recovering from illness and tiresomeness. Getting a sound sleep is a
sign of good health. No one has defined the sleep undisputedly so far. There is a
difference between sleep and intoxication. Those, who don’t get sleep, swallow
sleeping pills. This is not the right way. Sleeping pills take one into sub-consciousness
or into an intoxicated state but not into real sleep. Those who are addicted to pills
should gradually reduce their use. We should try to know the reason or problem for not
getting sleep and try to solve it. If we have easy passage of urine and stool, we get a
comfortable sleep. Sorrow, troubles, worries etc. are the general reasons for not getting
sleep. We should try to forget or avoid or solve them.
If we practice regularly Jalaneti Kriya, Shanti asan or Yoga Nidra or chant sleeping
mantras we get a comfortable sleep. If we keep our feet in luke-warm water for a while in
the night we can get a fine sleep.
Men and women should have atleast 7 – 8 hours sleep every night. 6 hours of sleep is
enough for the aged. 4 to 5 hours sleep is sufficient for regular Yoga practitioners.
After lunch, we should take rest for 15 to 20 minutes by sleeping on the left side. If we
do so the liver functions well, food is digested completely and alertness in the body also
increases. This posture of sleeping on the left side keeping the legs straight is called
‘Vamakukshi’.
When we lie down on the right side, breathing will be more prominent through the left
nostril. Breathing through the left nostril is call “Chandra Swar”. Similarly
lying down on the left side, breathing will be more through the right nostril which is
called ‘Surya Swar’.
The couples who want to have a male baby, the husband should have Surya Swar and the wife
Chandra Swar before and during intercourse. For a female baby, the husband should have
Chandra Swar and wife Surya Swar.
Those who follow the saying ‘early to bed and early to rise’ are seen in good
health.
9. Thoughts
Always be cheerful and happy. This will help your thoughts to be more positive. Negative
thoughts result in negative attitude towards life which may be much harmful. One can not
change whatever has already happened. Also one can not predict the future right now. So
always try to live in presentense. Enjoy this very moment. This will certainly help a lot
to maintain your good health, as healthy body and healthy mind go together. |
