thane modern lifestyle has lost the harmony in mindbody relationship which has caused several stress based diseases such as hypertension coronary heart diseases and cancer the attempt to prevent and treat these diseases triggered a search for better lifestyles and better strategies that converged on the rediscovery of ancient disciplines such as yoga combined lifestyles with potent infallible prescriptions for lasting mental peace which confirmed by clinical studies yoga has become a valid tool in modern medicine averred dr ramesh bijlani in his speech about mind body medicine and beyond that was organised by ghantali mitra mandal gmm at sahayog mandir on january 30 the special session was organised for medical and health professionals and dedicated yoga teachers which received wonderful response dr bharti amte was the honourable guest of this meeting the purpose of this venture is to initiate people towards yoga claimed yogacharya shrikrushna vyavahare founder of gmm dr bijlani has worked at aims new delhi for 28 years studied yoga therapy orientation training nutritional bio chemistry and also penned 12 books based on his observations on this platform dr bijlani explained how our lifestyle has changed with time he said in recent years modern medicine has made spectacular advances in the prevention and management of infectious diseases endocrine disorders and nutritional deficiencies surgery has become more safe and painless hence doctors rely on the investigating tests done by modern devices before prescribing medicines for his disease but yet people are not getting completely cured the reason is that the love and faith bond between the doctor and patient is missing somewhere for good results patients positive response is equally important our body is blessed with the best natural system that generates useful fluid in our endocrine glands and it controls the digestion of food and balances the thoughts medicines and pills work temporarily for permanent results one has to do regular yoga and eat natural food it also controls depression now doctors have realised the importance of the love and affection bond between a doctor and his patient that brings good response to the treatment dr bijlani said its observed that too many medicines can cause new diseases to prevent illness one must take minimum medicines and should adopt a lifestyle that would balance ones eating habits activities and rest how you live is more important than how much you lived one should prefer spiritual pleasures to material happiness as they are everlasting and yoga is the medium that provides positive attitude towards life