AIIMS NEWSLETTER November 2020

[American Academy of Yoga and Meditation]

Fighting the world's largest killer

Dr. Indranill Basu Ray Editor-in-chief

Despite modern advances in medicine, COVID-19 has reported innumerable deaths. Thus hygiene, social distancing, and personal protective equipment are the only weapon to resist the COVID-19. This had led to the initiation of lockdown and people are experiencing anxiety, depression and panic attack due to job loss, financial insecurity and worries about inability to be with family.
A recent case in point is that of a Bollywood actor whose death is being ascribed to him being depressed. Experts say it can successfully be mitigated with the power of 'yoga'.

What's inside?

- The Yogi's 5-step Energization Routine by Yogi Sarveshwarananda Giri
- Interview of Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni
- Adversity Resilience and Yoga

The Yogi's 5-Step Energization Routine

by Yogi Sarveshwarananda Giri

A simple 10-minute energization exercise improves respiratory and cardiac functions.

Interview of Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni,

Consul General of India, Atlanta,
(who holds M.B.B.S degree from Government Medical College,
Nagpur in India), in a free wheeling interview elaborates on how India can help humanity with Yoga in post COVID scenario. All are aware that YOGA can help us fight against corona virus, social isolation, depression, boredom etc.

Adversity, Resilience and Yoga

The case of COVID-19 is of a virus turns so dreadful like nothing before in the memory of our generation. Adversity triggers not only physical hardship and socio-economic distress but causes much emotional pain.
It is fascinating to think what role of adversity play in evolution of human cognition and culture.
Starting with nature worship to development of sophisticated prescriptive philosophies of which Patanjal Yogadarshana is a classic example.