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Practice of Yoga is meant to improve the health and cure the ailments of the body, mind and spirit, all of which are said to react on one another, but it is the first viz. effects of Yoga exercises on physical functions that are drawing considerable attention from the general public nowadays and it is these that will be dealt with in this series of articles.
In ancient India not only Yoga but all higher knowledge was esoteric, i.e. taught only to select few, secretly, under the direct and personal supervision of a properly qualified teacher. Imparting of any knowledge except under these conditions was strictly forbidden. But times and circumstances have changed and we have consequently to adapt ourselves to these changes. Therefore, only such simple and preliminary exercises will dealt with in this series as can be safely practised by a beginner from written instructions. It must always be borne carefully in mind that in all Yoga practices, strain and fatigue, variations at the student's own fancy whim etc. are strictly forbidden, specially in the earlier stages. It is always better to underdo than to overdo the exercises and strict adherence to instructions are obligatory.
The eye is a very susceptible and delicate organ. It is also very intimately corrolated with the whole of animal economy. For example, if there is a deficient blood supply or nervous exhaustion, if the glandular secretions are abnormal, in fact if there is any serious functional or organic change in the body, the eyes generally participate in the evil consequences. Thus, a dark hue of the skin under the lide-the so-called "rings around the eyes"-is quite indicative of bad blood circulation or of changes in the composition of the blood itself.