We all need not introduce him here and are talking about him and even the Indian Medical Association president Ashok Adhav needed to give a statement on him itself speaks about his standing as a social figure and someone who can be talked about. I am not a blind follower of anyone, but undoubtedly the credit for bringing a newer perspective as regards to the term Yoga goes to him. Many people traveling in trains and buses can easily be witnessed doing some kind of yoga acts often told by baba. Many of us have become aware of terms like “Kapaalbhaati Pranayaam” and the likes, which had already existed, but just as a concept and Ramdev ji turned them live. And this awareness has entered even the village boundaries.
And obviously the wrath of allopathic practitioners on him is due to inclination of people towards Yoga and loss of their trade! Allopathic medicines mostly provide an immediate relief but don’t fight with the root cause. And Yoga is something which follows the principle “prevention is better than cure” and aims at making the immunity system stronger enough and goes much beyond just that. It also teaches how to make lives easier by being good masters to our senses and that’s a very logical and rational approach. I have seen many people quite witty and proficient but they cant render results matching their skills just because they close the eyes to this very crucial aspect that for doing anything stupendous one has to have a good control over his five senses, and it just is miraculous ! And that’s what Yoga is all about and its free of cost too !
Now, coming to this cancer, I have heard Baba Ramdev speaking over the issue and his stand was that he is already upto setting up some laboratories so as to treat people under proper supervision and cancer is not a disease that can be cured within few days. Moreover, Yoga cant cure a patient in extreme stage, one has to be in somewhat sound health condition so as to be able to perform it ! So, a cancer patient cant be asked to do just any kind of yoga! It absolutely depends on his specific condition as to what course of action must be prescribed for him ! And how many Yoga tutors are there who are experts for these types of cases? Just a handful ! It will need time and infrastructure to train people who can diagnose a person individually and prescribe him treatment and exercises as per his specific need. Yoga can help such patients but not in all cases and blaming anyone for not being successful in all cases is absurd instead of praising him for what he has successfully done. And why to just stick to this cancer thing, why cant we praise him for showing us a way to live a healthy life. After all, health is wealth, just lie in bed for a day owing to any illness and we get to realize the importance of being healthy.
