indore in an era where gadgets are everyones weakness 16yearold city girl palak garg is sharing suggestions on how one can deaddict themselves from the virtual world and connect through yoga authoring meet yourself a book based on gadget deaddiction through yoga palak a twelfth grader from the daly college is aiming to make everyone realise the power of yoga alongside the ill effects of overusing electronic devices gadget addiction is a selfinflicted disease and is one of the most common kinds of addictions found among todays youth it becomes impossible for an individual to free himself or herself from the shackles of any particular device palak said while explaining the reasons for her research on the topic in her book she says gadget addiction is being considered a real mental disorder in many countries adding that anyone born after 1990 has never known a life without the internet and mobile communication in todays time no one can imagine growing up without cell phones or interactive video gamesthe book also explains how one becomes a gadget addict when you start using devices so frequently that you lose count of your actions and it becomes difficult to drop the habit of using tech gadgets for everything you do the desire for using electronic devices gradually converts into gadget addiction no age bar is specified for this kind of addiction and people of all age groups are vulnerable to it it saysin her book palak mentions a few actions and problems that come hand in hand with dependence on gadgets social media updates become a reason to wake up every morning and checking it every few minutes becomes a necessity along with this the problems that become evident are the need for attention physical illnesses obesity easy distraction explicit display of aggressive depressive or violent behaviour realtime social isolation but a strong virtual presence and effect on memory and thinking capabilitiespalak claims that yoga can help people do away with gadget addiction yoga is a very effective practice to solve the problem of addiction by training and developing the mind body and soul to be moderate and in a normal state in order to avoid conflicting thoughts between the urge to use gadgets and completely neglecting themshe goes on to describe various kinds of asanas that can help people control their senses breathing and gain control our minds are engulfed in technology and hence our actions are generally a direct and an automatic response to these modern evil devices when i practice yoga i relax with my own thoughts and feel more empowered and spiritually sound palak said