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Synopsis This book is written by a Doctor of Medicine, who is also a student of physiology and yoga at the same time. While the study of physiology has given the vision, the study and practice of yoga has given the insight. In fact the more you delve deeper in both these subjects the more you feel how complementary they are to each other. For ages yoga has been considered a subject dependent on faith. The present book keeps away the mythical aspect attached to the practice of yoga and explains in clear physical terms the possible impact of regularly performing the yogic practices on human physiology. One can achieve parasympathetically dominated state which the modern cardiologists desire so much. One can lead a long; disease-free life and even in old age, remain self-dependent. One can even learn to undertake voluntary death which is without disease and which is painless-a technique to be used when one feels one has lived long enough. The present work is primarily targeted towards ourselves -doctors; so that we can start deriving advantages of yogic practices for ourselves as well as for our patients. This book is also understandable by anyone having a working knowledge of biology acquired through reading of common articles published in popular magazines, more preferably of 10+2 level, and is of best se to medical students. If it is able to stimulate research by physiologists in the field of Yoga the mission of the book will be said to be fulfilled.