日本ヨーガ・ニケタン

Since ancient times, yoga practitioners living in harsh natural environments such as the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau have not only maintained physical and mental health but, according to some accounts, are said to have lived to the age of several hundred years. This book sheds light on some of the secrets behind this health and longevity.

One reason is that the physical exercises of traditional yoga act as a form of gene therapy, suppressing the oxidative processes that cause aging. This book compiles various pieces of evidence to support this claim. Furthermore, when faced with the many difficulties we encounter throughout life, yoga practitioners respond with a healthy mindset, and this book explains how. It also shows that academic concepts such as metacognition and cognitive behavioral therapy—now discussed in modern psychology—have long been part of the human education that many yoga practitioners have imparted to their young disciples. This book thus serves as a treatise on India's 5,000-year-old cognitive behavioral therapy, a method of human education practiced for thousands of years.

This book is recommended not only for those who wish to take charge of their own health, but also for general readers with an interest in India, yoga enthusiasts, and professionals in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine.