IANS New Delhi, June 17 Yoga is not an imposition on you, but it is a discipline that you take on yourself. Yoga is having a say on the modulations and tendencies of the mind. Where there is a mind, there is conflict.

Even if there is none outside, it will create one from within. It starts linking things that are completely unrelated and gets into a swirl of confusion. This is what is called Maya.

Time and mind are connected. When you are happy, you don't feel the time. And when you're miserable, every second appears very heavy.

Stress is the product of having too much to do, too little time and no energy to do it. Yoga has proven to be a blessing for mankind in many ways. Unfortunately, today yoga has come to mean just making your body more elastic.

It is considered as gymnastics for good health. Maharishi Patanjali, the propounder of yoga says the purpose of Yoga is ‘Heyam dhukkha manaagatham,' that is, to prevent the misery even before it arrives. Yoga is a cure for diseases, a solution to our problems and a way to elevate our souls too.

Our mind remains blissful, our intellect becomes sharper and that is the reason all of us have to practice yoga. Sometimes we do not do yoga out of sheer laziness and make excuses like, not having enough time. Whatever time you can dedicate will certainly prove beneficial for you.

Doing yoga will give you more energy, and clarity and release more time for you. Yoga itself means ‘skill in action.' It is the skill to live our life; the s.