Further, while I have pointed to the Hindu roots of yoga in my previous post, the intention here is not to promote any religion but just to share my own personal experience and how it helped me heal-with nearly 80% success (and counting)-my peculiar condition and general ill-health. Nor is the intent to pull down other systems of mind-body control, healing or working out (such as running, gymming, tai chi, Pilates and the like). The idea of this post, let me state upfront, is not to boast of my own prowess or anything (I have barely scratched the surface of what the accomplished masters such as Swami Sivananda, BKS Iyengar or T Krishnamacharya achieved through decades and decades of unwavering practice).

A system that is in cahoots with Big Pharma, which in turn is in bed with Big Hospital, which in turn is fueled by Big Insurance-all ultimately burdening the tax-paying middle class, most of whom are finding it difficult to keep up with high premiums, costs of drugs, diagnostics and doctorsвЂ™ fees.Д«ut as I saw the flames of greed engulf a growing nation in its laboratory of money-making, as I saw Indian intellectuals turning their back on or even cocking a snook at the traditional systems of health, wisdom and well-being such as yoga, pranayama and Ayurveda (ironically, the West is increasingly opening its arms to all of these)-and as I completed over two years of regular daily practice of pranayama + meditation-I could no longer stop myself from putting pen to paper, to use the idiom. Healthcare is big business in the US (running into hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars) and India seems to be headed inexorably onto the path of creating its own healthcare chimera in the image of the (mostly broken) US healthcare system. (Just as I may have about certain other things myself :)

After my previous, broader post on yoga, I became increasingly aware of the complexities involved in explaining things to people who come from different backgrounds and may have their own interpretations, prior experiences, prejudices, misinformation or vested interests about certain things. I have been meaning to write this post for some time but kept myself in check. (Note: It is possible that some of you may see this a bit out-of-place for a *professional* social site such as LinkedIn - but then, aren't our personal and social lives getting overlapped? Also, it is my sincere hope that professionals who are trapped in sedentary jobs and hectic lifestyles might benefit reading this.

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