‘Yoga causes a positive change in personality, cures many disorders’-Dr Sat Bir S Khalsa

Ludhiana, October 25: Born in Canada and currently working in the US, Dr Sat Bir S Khalsa says the first thing he observes during his visits in India is chaos.

An Assistant Professor of Medicine in Harvard Medical School, Dr Khalsa has come to give a lecture on the effects of yoga at the city’s Majestic Park Plaza.

Dr Khalsa, who had been involved in sleep research, has been practising yoga for the past 35 years and has now undertaken researches on yoga for the past six to seven years.

“I have found yoga causes significant change in the personality of an individual and this can be proven scientifically. In one of my studies, I have observed that yoga caused a fall in the secretion of toxins and hormones which were released due to stress after the person started doing yoga”.

A positive attitute, a sharp mind and active body are some of the effects of yoga, which have been proven and researched in laboratories in India and abroad,

Yoga, he said, was a science and not merely a breathing exercise or gymnastics.

“Yoga definitely gives a spiritual high to an individual and peace of mind and spirituality is attained by even the practice of mere pranayam,” he said, recommending it for everyone.

He also elaborated on the diverse effects of yoga as a source of relaxation, which, he said, caused a positive effect on the autonomic nervous system.