Preparation for Martial Arts
Vyayam is the spinal column of warrior disciplines that contribute to the personal training of a warrior helping him acquire a noble spirit, inner knowledge and the light to continue on the path of enlightenment.
Even today in a very isolated way this ancient art was practised between families, warriors and princes. Warriors were trained in the Art of War, fighting with a Bow, fighting with a sword and wrestling through Vyayam practise, as it prepared them physically and energetically giving them great muscular strength and taught them to project their energy to every part of their body. They were perfect warriors and powerful in body and mind.
Health is essential in Vyayam
Through massage and knowledge of the 108 vital points and the imposition of the hands and Talas along with the knowledge of energies, this Vyayam helps to re-establish our health. Vyayam is a psycho-energetic therapy (Ayurveda) from two varieties of medicine from India:
1). Ayurvidya: The knowledge of health seen from the balance of the energies and according to the individual’s characteristics. It has physiotherapeutic, chemical, pharmaceutical, nutritional, surgical, physiotherapeutic uses and can also be called Brahminc Medicine.
2). Ayursiddha: It is finding perfect health through the tradition of Tantric Yogis. It can be labelled as Tantric medicine.
The Great Powers
The great Vyayam Masters have hidden powers that they do not boast about or show, and which they apply only in certain situations and cases but always with the utmost discretion. They are possessors of a hidden and magic science that isn’t just talked about but used.
Dance
The basis of the movement and balance of energy in Dance is also in Vyayam. Through the practise of Vyayam, and in Dance movements we learn to express energy through our body. Our inner energies are awakened and are expressed with strength, balance and harmony. It makes us graceful and subtle at the same time that our hands, eyes, the movement of our feet and body become powerful because through it we express ourselves and all that lies within us. Inside the Tantric Tradition, the different dance forms are called TANDAVA. Tandavas are gesture like and the most outstanding ones are Mystic Turns, Tan Dances, Energetic Dances, Warrior Dances, Primal warrior Dances and the Dances of Lord Shiva. They are very vigorous and full of joy and conduct an immediate mobilization of energy at cathartic and purifying levels. Dance from a Tantric vision is contemplated as the dance of the spirit, which removes miseries and mental depression and helps regenerate and maintain the body young. Dance activates mans energies completely.
THE GRACE OF VYAYAM
It is said that a person who dominates Vyayam dominates his energy and is capable of expressing their strength through his body, movement, a look, the way he speaks, his hands, his way of walking, in everything and this is projected in all ways of life. Without doubt it makes a person happier because it gives them well being, and physical, mental and spiritual balance.