Mental Benefits

Mental Benefits
Sunlight helps to regulate almost all our bodily processes starting from the top (our minds) and working down, sunlight has been shown to increase our sense of well-being and to improve sleep. Ultraviolet light coming into our eyes stimulate the pineal gland, which helps to regulate our Circadian Rhythm (day and night activity cycles). It has been said, “Dark nights and bright days will help keep the hormones in the body functioning properly”. In one experiment hyperactivity in school children was decreased when the classrooms fluorescent lights were changed to full spectrum lighting.
Sunlight has been found to be extremely beneficial in the treatment of depression. According to Dr Norman Rosenthal of the National Institute of Mental Health: “Light, a versatile therapeutic tool, has been shown scientifically to have beneficial clinical effects in treating depression & suicidal tendencies.” Apart from the obvious positive associations we have with a sunny day; the Sun can alter your mood chemically and even prevent depression. The onset of spring gives thousands of people relief from “seasonal affective disorder” or SAD – This miserable condition is a suppression of serotonin experienced by many who are deprived of sunlight during the winter months. After years of adverse publicity, new research suggests that Sunshine actually does bathe us in a favorable light after allIt was in 1970 that Science was able to prove the neurological connection that light entering the eyes was not just for the purpose of vision but was also sent to one of the most important part of the brain, the hypothalamus Thus science established that light entering the eyes serves both visual and non visual functions. This discovery proved scientifically what ancient civilizations apparently already knew about light. The hypothalamus which receives light energy by way of our eyes co-ordinates and regulates most of our life sustaining functions and also initiates and directs our reactions and adaptations to stress
The search begins for the eternal truth. Confidence increases Anger gives way for compassion and consideration for others Inner peace multiplies A surrayayogi starts giving more and expects less. Hunger for food decreases because of the intake of more energy. Urge for sensual pleasures decreases. Urge for material possessions decreases. A suryayogi develops the quality of forgiving and forgetting incidents not worthy of remembering. A True suryayogi longs for the welfare of all and to rise everyone from the animal level to human level and then to spiritual level. Our Relationship Becomes Centered And We Become Better And More And More Loving. This brahmavidya elevates us to a wonderful realm through awakening soothing waves through our forehead and influence mind, cells, organs and nerves.