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SUMMARY Paramahamsa Niranjanananda
In his work of preaching and spreading yoga, Swami Anandananda's most important efforts have been to help and cure physically handicapped and mentally retarded children. It has been his experience that children who are physically handicapped or mentally retarded, suffer from an inadequate connection between the physical organs and limbs and the brain. The state of becoming handicapped and retarded begins when there is a disconnection between the brain and function of the various organs of the body. It is equally true that if this connection is re-established, then the state of being handicapped can be corrected to some extent. Swami Anandananda has made some efforts in this direction through the practices of asana, the shakti bandha series, the practices of pranayama and met with success. A lot of work is yet to be done, but what has been accomplished by him so far inspires the teachers and lovers of yoga. Positive developments can be seen. Therefore, yoga is the method for awakening the complete potential of the physically handicapped and mentally retarded.
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