Yoga is beneficial for mental health, physical health and mindfulness of how the two are interlinked. Yoga helps those who practice to be more present from moment to moment rather than getting stuck in past memories or daydreaming about the future. True happiness likes in the present moment.
In practicing yoga, stress is reduced and problems that before may have seemed impossible become solvable.
So what are some of todays biggest issues that yoga may help to address in a healthier manner?
Population control has become an issue of our time, for today to world population has exceeded 7 billion people.
"From the five billion in 1987, the planet has now 7.3 billion people. At the world level, the current rapid expansion of the population, which has been accompanied by a disproportionate increase in the usage of resources, represents a major threat to the entire planetary ecosystem; these facts have led some scientists to say that we are going beyond “the planetary boundaries” and we are facing the possibility of a major crisis, called “the sixth extinction.”
Sixth extinction?! What a crisis! Do we have the ability to heal the planet?
What does yoga have to do with population issues?
Well, yoga values recognize that we are all interconnected and interdependent. Yoga values also emphasize solidarity, compassion, and respect of nature.
Certainly, the international community has recognized the right of couples and individuals to decide the number and spacing of their children. Yoga makes us aware that every right implies also obligations; that the exercise of every right demands also assuming some responsibilities. The famous yoga restriction called Ahimsa, usually translated as “non-harming,” could be better understood as a mandate of respect; respect of others, respect of future generations, and respect of the entire planetary ecosystem.
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