“The West has come to know yoga as a recreational exercise to stay fit. However, in the East, yoga and ayurvedic medicine have been used as a preventive medicine to manage lifestyle-related disorders for thousands of years.” He further added: “This form of yoga is based on the Vedic sciences, the ancient literature of India, which covers every aspect of health, from diet and nutrition to exercise, to the ways of handling life’s challenges.” The Vedic approach is perhaps best described by the World Health Organization’s definition of health, which states: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”