YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY

3. Yoga and Psychology

Question:
In the West, health problems, even the most serious ones, are often looked upon as having a psychological origin. Does this fit in with the point of view of Yoga?

Desikachar:
I am so happy to hear this!  Because our ancient Yoga texts have said that disease and mind are interrelated. If we are sick, our mind is disturbed. If the mind is agitated, we become sick.

I am so happy modern science has recognized this! There is no incompatibility here, we are together.

– TKV Desikachar – Yoga and the 21st Century 1999

TKV Desikachar was in France in 1999, for a symposium on “Yoga and the XXIst Century”. The purpose of the symposium was to consider the role of Yoga for the coming century in the three fields of Health, Psychology and Spirituality. These Posts are from an introductory interview around the Relevance of Traditional Teaching, Yoga and Health, Yoga and Psychology and Yoga and Spirituality.