Creating a Conscious Humanity: The Yogic Way

“It is rarest of rare to be born a compassionate and disciplined human” said the great Tamil Saint Avvai.

The spiritual quality of such a human incarnation is further enhanced when we are given the chance to create a future offspring in a truly conscious manner.

No conception is an accident in the Universal scheme of things and hence we as parents are bound by our responsibility to be as conscious as possible of all the positive factors influencing the creation, birth and nurturing of a new living being.

When we truly ‘care’, we become ‘careful’ and when this is done with love, we enable the Divinity of each Athma to manifest through us in the best possible manner.

Yoga is the art and science of conscious, mindful and common sense living. It has enormous potential to help expectant parents prepare themselves physically, mentally, emotionally for this grand experience that should be a very spiritual one too.

Yoga as a way of life focuses on right living and right thinking while utilizing various tools for the overall psycho-physiological health of the parent and child.

The various pratices such as the Jathis, Kriyas and Asanas help promote healthy functioning of all body systems while Pranayama induces psycho-somatic harmony with a Pranic energisation of every cell of the body.

Various Mudras and Bandhas such as Aswini Mudra, Yoni Mudra and Moola Bandha balance ApanaVayu and tone up the pelvic musculature while inducing a sense of inner wellbeing.

Various concentrative and contemplative practices (Dharana and Dhyana) enable an inner peace with the development of a deep sense of self-understanding.

Yogic relaxation practices facilitate a balanced and relaxed anabolic inner environment that promotes the healthy growth and development of the baby with the facilitation of healing at all levels of being.

Yogic diet with a stress on natural life-giving (Satvic) foods and adequate hydration helps the mother nurture the child growing within herself and fortify herself for the challenging events to come.

A balanced lacto-vegetarian diet rich in calcium, iron and other essential vitamins and minerals is advocated with training in the preparation of soups, salads and sprouts.

Foods of the Satvic nature elevate the mother’s consciousness thus helping to create an uplifting psycho-mental-spiritual inner environment developing the inherent potential of the child in a wonderful manner.

The role of the father in the whole process must never be underestimated and his involvement in both the practical Yoga sessions as well as in the adoption of a Yogic diet with positive attitudes is vital for the success of the program.

Yoga can help the family top bond together and such a bond is a boon to the entire social unit that is based on healthy inter-personal relationships.

The Srimad Bhagavad Gita tells us

“Prapyapunya-krtamlokanusitvasasvatihsamahsucinamsrimatamgehe yoga-bhrasto ‘bhijayate”

meaning thereby that by virtuous deeds, that one who has fallen from Yoga is finally born into the home of the pure, noble and illustrious. (6:41).

May we be the vehicle for such noble souls to take birth through us, and create a healthy and harmonious future that is worthy of our highest aspiration for humanity.

Hari om tat sat.

Watch Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani’s Keynote in the International Seminar on “Spiritual Perspectives on Creating a Conscious Humanity” at SAFIC, Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry, India.