Yoga a better way for achieving good health

Yes! I've been doing Hatha Yoga for many years and I have been enjoying Good Health for just as many. Yoga stretches out the muscles and tones the Joints.Its good for the Balance, helps you walk, and bend. I do 45 minutes of Yoga asanas every morning. I think its good to perform a different set of Asanas each morning. When you are doing these asanas always try a little harder for perfection. You will be ever so surprised when Perfection arrives.

I am in total agreement with you on that! I smoke, which I enjoy tremendously, I eat meat, I have lived in polluted environments, etc. I find it absolutely necessary to find ways of achieving balance in my lifestyle. I meditate for 15 or 20 minutes on a daily basis. I do this first because it helps put me in the right frame of mind for my asana practice. Then I do a few rounds of Kapalabhati, followed by some neck rolls and eye exercises. Then I do Simhasana, Sirshasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Paschimothanasana, Bhujangasana, Salabhasana, Dhanurasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana. While seated in Padmasana I spend a few minutes practicing Mulahandha. Then I come up to Tadasana, engage Uddiyana Bandha a few times, and move into Trikonasana. I then rest in Savasana for 5 or 10 minutes and I'm done, feeling refreshed and energized and totally in balance. I eventually want to add Surya Namaskar, but that is a little too energetic for me right now. I also fast on a regular basis. And I have to confess, I noticed you were from India so I used the real names rather than the American names. (Just trying to impress you!) Usually I use their American names, but some of them I prefer the Sanskrit name, like Paschimothanasana. I love saying that word! It's much more fun than saying 'forward bend'. I like the word Bhujangasana a lot too. And Trikonasana. Many years ago I spent a few months in Calcutta. I would one day like to return to India for a visit. One of my favorite musical artists is Russill Paul, who is from India, although he lives here in America now. Once a year he takes a group with him on a 'pilgrimage' to India. It's one of my desires in life to accompany him on one of them. I hope I didn't bore you too badly reciting my entire routine, pose by pose, but it sure was fun!

You are right. It is now catching up in western countries. In India too a lot of young people who are undergoing tension in life and putting on a lot of a weight are now taking to yoga. My sister is a yoga teacher and she gets pupils from abroad to learn yoga. It is one of the finest way of keeping both mind and body in top condition if practiced properly.