Ramesh Kumar Global Harmony Peace Center (www.ghpc.org.in) Page 1 SCIENTIFIC MECHANISM OF PRACTISING YOGA Ramesh Kumar INTRODUCTION Yoga is the mind-body workout that enables individuals to attain and maintain a dynamic sense of physical, mental wellbeing and achieve a state, wherein physical homeostasis and mental equanimity occurs. In India Yoga was being taught and practised for thousands of years. Hence Yoga may be considered as the original mind- body natural medicine. Physics of Yoga Through the work of Max Planck, Einstein, Louis de Broglie, Arthur Compton, Niels Bohr and many others, current scientific theory holds that all particles (gross ) have a wave nature (subtle form of matter ) and vice versa.[1] As we move from gross to subtle, the laws of Physics become more generalized and encompassing. In science generalized laws contain the grosser laws; often, the subtler laws reduce themselves to grosser laws. The theory of relativity is totally different when the velocity of particles reaches the velocity of light. But at normal speed, the laws reduce to Newtonian laws [2] In the same way wave particle duality exist in the human body. The physical body is the grosser form and the mind thoughts, ego, intellect and consciousness are in subtler form. The universe itself consists of five gross elements. The five gross elements that make up the universe including living beings as per Vedic system are called panchabhutas. These are 1 Earth and its resources (Prithivi ) 2 Air/ Atmosphere (Vayu ), 3 Fire/ Sun (Agni), 4 Water/ Ocean (Jal) and 5 Space/ Ether (Akasa), The five subtle elements are nature sheaths (koshas meaning treasure) provided as gift by nature to mankind [3]. These are