From Old Age to Youth through Yoga: With Homoeopathic & Other Treatments

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These days many books have been written on Geriatrics, and as the population of old people is rapidly increasing due to scientific and technological advancement, thirst for knowledge is also growing as to how to solve the problems that every one has to face in old age. In the present book we have drawn upon every available source and have contributed enough of our own to make the book of practical use. Whatever has been written has been done so with scientific explanations. When one knows the scientific basis of a method, one does Pot require to be prompted to follow up the instructions in life. One follows the instructions by oneself as one comes to know their value. We have discussed herein the problems of old age and their solutions from scientific point of view along with giving details of Yogic methods of Aasans, besides Pranayaam, and Brahmacharya which stand for-Purity of the Body, Mind and Soul. This book is written with a view to make life healthy and free from ailments attendant to old age, besides enabling old men to enjoy a peaceful and blissful life. The object is that if a person is young, by making use of the instructions contained in this book, he should so equip himself with strength and vigour as to gladly and successfully meet the challenges of old age; if he is old, he should take advantage of these instructions so that the problems of age, physical and mental, may not sit heavily on his shoulders. Happiness all along from beginning to end. We have suggested some Aasans no doubt, but they are only those ones which are necessary to keep a person agile, elastic, strong, tranquil and peaceful in old age. The object is that when old age comes, as come it must, one should be free from pains in finger joints, free from pains in knees, free from pains in shoulders, free from pains in muscles, free from pains in the back. One should be able to walk straight, stand erect and live the octogenarian life like a young man with a smile on his face. He should not spend his life cursing the inevitable old age.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Satyavrata Siddhantalankar

Satyavrata had a humble beginning. Born in Ludhiana, Punjab, he was the son of a railway employee. Satyavrata went on to graduate from the Gurukula situated near the banks of the Ganga at Hardwar. He began his career by giving lectures in Vedic philosophy throughout the country under the instructions of Swami Shraddhanand - founder of the Later, Satyavrata began teaching at his alma mater. After Gurukula holding various responsible positions at the Gurukula, he was appointed Vice Chancellor, Chancellor and finally Visitor of the institution, which had by then grown into a University. In 1930, Satyavrata got actively involved in India's freedom movement and was imprisoned for a year. A versatile scholar, Satyavrata went on to write on a wide range of subjects. These ranged from anthropology, sociology, psychology and homeopathy to the Upanishads, the Gita, the Vedas and Vedic Culture. His book on sociology won him the prestigious Mangala Prasad prize from the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. In 1962, he was nominated to the Indian Parliament by Dr. Radhakrishnan, the President of India. In 1978 he presided over the International Aryan conference at Nairobi. In 1981, he was honoured by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan for his book `Scientific basis of Vedic thought', written in Hindi. All his writings bear the stamp of his clarity of thought and lucid style. His expositions on Vedic Culture, the Upanishads and the Gita are outstanding literary achievements. Satyavrata's late wife, Srimati Chandravati Lakhanpal was also an educationist and author of repute and a member of the first Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is survived by a son.