Guiding Light: Arogya Vidhi

It is said that “shareera madhyam khalu dharma sadhanam”, meaning through the body alone we can do pursuit of duty. While we can view only the physical body and feel it around, those familiar with “kosha” theory acknowledge the annamaya, pranamaya, manomaya, vigyanamaya, and anandamaya sheaths of our existence. Do we feel these layers or can we discern this layered existence? This may be the question NextGen will pose. The answer is direct—we experience the physical, the mental, the wisdom, the energy, and, finally, the bliss aspects of our existence in everyday life. These are experiences embedded in respective koshas.

Annamaya existence focuses on hygiene factors, including food and basic looking after of the body. Pranamaya has to do with the energy levels. For the beginners, it may ap