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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/13/2021 11:42:52 AM
TO BE BOUNDARY-LESS, BECOME CONSCIOUS
Yoga enables you to arrive at a state where you see things as they are, not magnified by your own fear and anxiety.” A group of anaesthesiologists that visited the ashram recently asked me if yoga could be incorporated into modern medicine to alleviate pain. I told them it certainly could, but first, it is important to understand the role of pain in our lives. When I was in Russia recently, an acute toothache necessitated an emergency tooth extraction. Since I had a programme in two hours, I could not drive to a clinic in Moscow. And so, much against the dentist’s wishes, the extraction took place without any anaesthesia or painkillers. It was excruciatingly painful, but soon afterwards, the pain abated. And I had a good laugh because I am not someone who will allow a painful tooth to rule my life!