Sutra Health - Lifestyle Counseling

Lifestyle choices can be difficult; adopting those choices could be even harder. So, to assist you on the journey of healthy and happy lifestyle, we connect you to a lifestyle coach to work with you to identify gaps, set mutual goals of wellness and in adhering to the chosen healthy lifestyle. Our lifestyle coaches are trained Yoga teachers who under the guidance of Doctors provide personalized suggestions and motivations for your journey to wellness. Our care is not episodic, but continuous, collaborative and motivating.

Our protocol includes:

Baseline medical assessment of your health status, suggesting areas of strength and those needing improvement.
Initial assessment and working out an individualized diet, daily routine for you.
Daily guided Yoga, Pranayam and Meditation practice under the Sun, rooftop.
Inspiration and Positive Affirmations delivered in your mobile every morning.
Tools to help you monitor your diet, walks, sleep, BP, Pulse.
Personalized consultation with a Doctor, once a week.

Enroll today to by sending a mail to equal.society@gmail.com titled "Enroll"

You can read our evidence base at a public site.

Lifestyle counsellor is a peer who can help you develop a positive attitude and healthy lifestyle.

Key lessons for keeping good mental health:

Accept things that you cannot change.
Work to change the things that are not to your liking. Do not have a victim mindset, Make efforts to create a favorable environment and take responsibility for your actions.
Keep you surroundings organized.
Drink adequate water.
Keep your skin, especially around forehead, temples and hair and hair well-oiled.
Concentrating on the Prana (Energy) within us, rather than the matter, and long the spine can help lower stress, arouse positive emotions of disconnectedness that are energy and joy giving. Hear Dr. Joe Dispenza on hos channel on this topic.

Kindly understand that Medicine is Not Always Found in Pharmacies

I. Exercise is Medicine.

ii. Fasting is Medicine.

iii. Natural food is Medicine.

iv. Laughter is Medicine.

v. Vegetables Are Medicine.

vi. Sleep is Medicine.

vii. Sunlight is Medicine.

viii. Loving someone is Medicine.

ix. Being loved is Medicine.

x. Gratitude is Medicine.

xi. Letting go of offence is Medicine.

xii. Meditation is Medicine.

xiii. Reading good books is Medicine.

xiv. Singing and Praising God is Medicine.

xv. Eating right and right on time is Medicine.

xvi. Thinking right and Right thinking with the right type of Mindset is Medicine.

xvii. Trusting and Believing God is Medicine

xviii. Good Friends are Medicine.

xix. Forgiveness and forgiving others is Medicine

Take enough of these medicines and you'll rarely need the ones in Pharmacies

Snakes and Ladders of Life from Birth to Nirvana .

The 13th century poet saint Gyandev created a children's game called Moksha Patam, which was renamed by the British as Snakes and Ladders

Squares with ladders:
- Faith (12th square)
- Reliability (51st square)
- Generosity (57th square)
- Knowledge (76th square)
- Asceticism (78th square).

Squares with snake lying mouth open.

- Disobedience (The 41st square)
- Arrogance (44th square)
- Vulgarity (49th square)
- Theft (the 52nd square)
- Lying (58th square)
- Drunkenness (the 62nd square)
- Debt (69th square)
- Murder (73rd square)
- Anger (the 84th square)
- Greed (92nd square)
- Pride (95th square)
- Lust (99th square).

The tops of each ladder depict a God, or one of the various heavens (kailasa, vaikuntha, brahmaloka) and so on. As the game progressed various actions were supposed to take you up and down the board as in life.

Way to Bliss

by Swami Sivananda ji in Easy Steps to Yoga

1. God is the dispeller of ignorance, sorrow and fear. He is the bestower of Eternal Happiness. Know Him. He ever dwelleth in thee.

2. Cultivate a very strong faith in God. Faith is the gateway to God. Faith can work wonders.

3. Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even in your smallest act. This is the secret of success.

4. Be temperate in eating, drinking, sleeping, amusing and in all other things.

5. Follow the correct principles of living. Strive for health, strength, success and God-realization.

6. Give. Give. Give. Give freely and spontaneously. Give everything. Here lies the secret of abundance.

7. Always act with faith and determination. Be firm in your resolve and fiery in your determination. Have an iron will.

8. Let bygones be bygones. Let the past be buried. There is a brilliant future for you. Exert. Exert. Exert.

9. Be always cheerful and smile away your worries. Develop your will by eradicating desires, egoism and hatred.

10. Sensual indulgence leads you to destruction. Renunciation leads to Immortality. Give up clinging and attachment.

11. Right thoughts make right deeds, right actions and an admirable character. Therefore develop right thinking.

12. Keep the reason pure. Free yourself from egoistic notions. Destroy I-ness and mine-ness. Attain liberation. Be free. Enjoy Bliss.

13. Serve. Love. Give. Restrain (the Indriyas and mind). Be good. Do good. Be kind. Be pure. Be patient.

14. Grow. Expand. Evolve. Destroy separateness. Mix with all. Develop cosmic love. Become selfless.

15. Be vigilant and diligent. Watch and pray. Fast and meditate. Persevere. Destroy fear, worry and anxiety.

16. Serve Sadhus. Have Satsanga. Sing the Names of the Lord. Live in seclusion for a month. Live on milk and fruits. Meditate.

17. “Who am I? What is Samsara? What is Brahman? What is bondage? What is freedom? What is Maya? What is Avidya?” Do Vichara.

18. Become dispassionate. Calm the mind. Have a one-pointed and a balanced state of mind always.

19. Embrace spirituality. Practise purity. Do charity. Develop nobility. Cultivate magnanimity. Attain Divinity.

20. Have purification. Do concentration. Cultivate reflection. Practise meditation. Achieve perfection.

(Source: https://www.dlshq.org/download/easy-steps-to-yoga/)

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