{"id":54112,"date":"2025-06-21T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/the-body-bends-but-what-about-the-mind-unesco-laureate-ilashrei-anand-asks-the-world-on-yoga-day\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:23:24","slug":"the-body-bends-but-what-about-the-mind-unesco-laureate-ilashrei-anand-asks-the-world-on-yoga-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/the-body-bends-but-what-about-the-mind-unesco-laureate-ilashrei-anand-asks-the-world-on-yoga-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Body Bends, But What About the Mind? UNESCO Laureate Ilashrei Anand Asks the World On Yoga Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21:\u00a0 <\/strong>This International Yoga Day, as millions practice poses in parks and posts flood social media, Ilashrei Anand, the renowned <strong>Yoga Psychologist<\/strong>, asks a different question, \u201c Is our mind as flexible as our body?<strong> \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yoga Psychology is the lesser-known limb of the Yogic tradition, one that has nothing to do with postures and everything to do with <strong>perception, patterns, and inner programming<\/strong>. In a time when anxiety is normalized, emotional burnout is glamorized, and relationships are quietly bleeding, <strong>40under40 Business World Wellbeing Winner,<\/strong> Ilashrei Anand, urges us to return to what Yoga originally stood for, not just fitness, but freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Our backbends won\u2019t heal our heartbreaks.<\/strong> Our 6AM routine won\u2019t fix years of guilt. Yoga was never just physical, it is a map for emotional liberation,\u201d says Ilashrei Anand, who is a humble alumnus of some of the world\u2019s oldest ashrams like, The Yoga Institute, Santacruz.<\/p>\n<p>Yoga Psychology isn\u2019t a class we take. It\u2019s a <strong>lens through which we begin to see our suffering not as punishment, but as solutions.<\/strong> Ilashreii Anand guides how emotions, memories, traumas, and belief systems get lodged in the mind-body complex, and how they can be <em>consciously released<\/em> through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Patanjali\u2019s Yoga Sutras<\/strong> (for understanding the mental fluctuations)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bhagavad Gita\u2019s karmic framework<\/strong> (for understanding suffering and dharma)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Chakra System<\/strong> (for emotional architecture)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ayurvedic <\/strong>(for body-mind-soul integration)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having helped over 1 lakh individuals across 12+ countries, Ilashrei Anand says unlike Western psychology that often isolates the \u2018problem\u2019, Yoga Psychology asks:<br \/>\n<em>Where in your story did you lose your connection to the self? <\/em>She emphasises that physical health issues like <strong>PCOS, Gut Issues, Thyroid, insomnia, and even Cardiac conditions<\/strong>, are <strong>psychosomatic<\/strong>, triggered by unhealed emotional trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Ilashrei Anand, the Harvard-certified Psychology expert, has dedicated over a decade to healing lives through <strong>Root Cause Healing<\/strong> using ancient Yogic principles. She shows how Yoga isn\u2019t just about stretching, but how to stop emotionally shrinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>We\u2019re treating symptoms, not causes. Our weight gain is often unexpressed anger.<\/strong> Our cravings or addictions are often due to emotional abandonment. Yoga Psychology helps trace the wound and <em>heal from the root<\/em>,\u201d explains the <strong>Kranti Yodha Award<\/strong> honoured, Ilashrei Anand.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Yoga Psychology: Not a Trend but A Timeless Truth<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As modern mental health models evolve, Ilashrei points out that Yoga Psychology already contains everything the world is just discovering, <em>neuroplasticity, emotional regulation, chakra healing,<\/em> <em>inner child work, shadow work, trauma healing, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ilashrei reminds us that <strong>most chronic health conditions are emotional alarms, not just hormonal imbalances.<\/strong> \u201cOur symptoms are not random. They\u2019re encrypted stories from our past, often emotional. Yoga Psychology helps us decode them, and finally come home to self.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Who Needs This Work?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The high-functioning woman who is constantly working to please others<\/li>\n<li>The man who provides for everyone but feels invisible<\/li>\n<li>The dedicated employee who\u2019s burnt out with poor work-life boundaries<\/li>\n<li>The couple who look perfect online but sleep in silence<\/li>\n<li>The therapist, the parent, the leader, burnt out from giving<\/li>\n<li>The parent struggling to understand their teenage kid<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re surviving, but not really living, Ilashrei\u2019s work might be what your soul has been whispering for.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>This Yoga Day, Don\u2019t Just Move. Heal.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Step beyond the mat. Into the mind. Into the self.<br \/>\nBecause real flexibility isn\u2019t just in your hamstrings, it\u2019s in your beliefs, your wounds, your story.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the path of Root Cause Healing at <a href=\"https:\/\/ilashreianand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ilashreianand.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join the movement: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mystic_healer_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mystic_healer_<\/a> (150K+ community)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01 on 1 Therapy, Couple\u2019s Therapy &amp; workshops: +91 7738 183 055 | team@ilashreianand.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. 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