Author(s): Kaveri Hanmanthappa and Pramod. M Khed

Abstract:
In this modern world of 21st century our environment is struggling for endurance and survival and we human beings suffer from more and more physical and psychological stress and strains. We cannot always control them, but can find out the ways to face them and to this end Yoga is a good creation. The aim of yoga is achievement of physical, mental and spiritual harmony. Yoga is an internal expedition that creates an awareness and understanding of yourself and leads you to self transformation. It is a primordial science of self-development that filters your mind and body and sustains perfect balance and harmony between them. In other words, it is an art of controlling your mind, body and breath and unlocking the hidden potential energies. Yoga can be in meditation form and it could also be a form of physical exercise. Many human beings are so busy with their personal lives that they have even forgotten the correct way to breathe. Yoga is a way of life for good living and for the benefit of the body. Yoga is the only technique through which the body of any human being can be healthy without any trainer, equipment and medicine. Thus, my purpose of this paper makes an attempt to analyse the role and importance of Yoga in Modern times of 21st century as well as its effect on human beings in this contemporary times.

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