In furtherance of above, have we ever thought, in true terms, that who we are?, what are we made of?, why we behave the way we always behave. How is our character and personality built-up? How our emotions work within us? One moment we Love, second moment we laugh or we cry or we feel sad or happy. We just act or react but we usually never ask ourselves that as to why we always become a victim of such mood-swing(s)?? Why do we become helpless victims of our inner emotional fluctuations /changes??

There could be an endless series of questions, which we usually don’t ask ourselves. We simply keep on repeating the same habit patterns, and never really ask ourselves the reason behind our inner psychological behavioural patterns. Our relationships goes on toss, we lose the most loving ties. In worst case scenario, we go to doctors and are ready to pay hefty fee to Psychologists but are not willing to actually see inside of our self our own inner projections & reflections of life.

We are made up of emotions and different existential elements of life. In Hindu culture, it is every human beings desire to get Moksha or Nirvana, so that one should get freedom from all the worldly affairs of the life for once and all and never again become a victim of this vicious circle called Physical life. They want to cross the ‘Bhav-Sagar’ of life means the ‘cosmic ocean of emotions’. Bhav also means ‘happening’ or ‘Occurring’. In the given context, Bhav denotes an unbreakable chain of thoughts and emotions which is happening/occurring in our inner subtle world.

We usually know our inner psychology either as moods or emotions or thoughts, or ideas or opinions or memories of past and imaginations for future but ancient Indian research has gonemore deep and has brought out a subtler level of core energy behind our emotions, called ‘Rasas’.

The Sanskrit word Rasa means "the essence of emotion," as well as having more literal meanings such as "taste," "water," "juice," "essence," and ultimately "bliss." Rasa is the subtlest kind of energy that is partly physical and partly mental in existence. It importantly abridges the connection between body and mind that affects our thoughts and emotions. As entire universe is made up of energy, Rasa affects our emotions just like gravity affects our body. Rasa is the genesis of all that is inside and outside, the state of feeling of both the self and the universe.

Once we understand that none of the action can go beyond our emotional line, then we can also understand that emotions doesn’t come up alone, they come up as ‘Vichara’, in English called, ‘thoughts’. Thoughts have no limits. They just belong to their connected emotion. This thought level happening inside us is called, ‘ManasSharir’ or ‘Thought Body’.

Somewhere, behind both the layers of thought body and emotional body, we are seeing everything and contemplating about right or wrong, good or bad, beautiful or ugly, this process is simply called, ‘Understanding’ ‘thinking’or our ‘Intellectual body’.

Rasa is the essence of a set of emotions and moods that belong to the same "family." When a Rasa is present for some time, its energy affects the body and mind in such a way that one of the members of its family of emotions is manifested.

Rasas are themselves clearly defined as core energies of the connected or resulting emotions (Bhavas). They can be said as core emotional energies which manifest itself in other related varieties of emotions and their understanding is affected by personal and cultural backgrounds.

Whether, it is our home or office or we are with our family, friends or office colleagues, our behaviour, emotional maturity with them helps us in living a conscious relationship with everyone. To be able to understand the beauty of life outside, we have to cultivate the art of understanding the beauty of inner being.

We as Humans, the highest known race amongst all the past and present creatures of this planet, have earned and created everything to make ourselves busy and happy and still creating more and more in search of some core happiness called, ‘ultimate bliss or ‘joy’. We have written big scientific scriptures and found the subtlest most core of the life but not able to keep ourselves in the relaxing state of being which is desireless, thoughts and emotions free ]. To understand that basic reason behind this dissatisfaction in life, we would have to touch the core of our inner being.

As per ancient Indian traditions, there were two types of paths for Yoga-Sadhna, one for people who are living and working among the family & society and second for those who left everything and world to work on their own inner journey. Rasa Vigyan, is an art and science, equally important for both types of seekers.

Rasas are the core of our emotional being and they are like a variety of colours. All colours have their own presence and beauty. We can-not deny any and we should not too but it is also important for us to understand this chaos, this internal emotional drama which leads our whole life and manipulate us from living the life as the most beautiful experience for ever. Unless we see every emotional turbulence, shift and changes with awareness and make our self aware of our internal monologue, it is very hard to understand self and others. Living with awareness is something we call, ‘Conscious Living.’

Rasas are the essential and core driving force of our existence, hence, Rasa Vigyan as a subject is needed to be learned and understood to apply it in our daily habits and patterns of life, to use them consiously rather than be controlled by themg ,. This learning practice is called ‘Rasa Sadhana or Emotional Fasting’.

The Sanskrit word Rasa means "the essence of emotion," as well as having more literal meanings such as "taste," "water," "juice," "essence," and ultimately "bliss." Rasa is the subtlest kind of energy that is partly physical and partly mental in existence. It importantly abridges the connection between body and mind that affects our thoughts and emotions. As entire universe is made up of energy, Rasa affects our emotions just like gravity affects our body. Rasa is the genesis of all that is inside and outside, the state of feeling of both the self and the universe.

Emotional Fasting offers increased control over the Rasas through:

• Understanding the relationships between different Rasas, and between Rasas and the body and various aspects of life.

• Exercises that teach Rasa control and increase real understanding of each Rasa, through a kind of emotional fasting.

Rasa Sadhana is "Rasa-fasting" in the sense that it includes fasting from or on specific emotions.

At AkaalYoga, our mentors, have evolved techniques in the form of practical physiological and philosophical tools from tantric and ayurvedic traditions, to work out on all hidden emotions so that one can intelligently see and interface with them.

We discuss the nature and purpose of each Rasa and how we can strengthen or weaken one Rasa through another. We also offer ayurvedic cooking guidelines and daily routines for balancing sensory input and strengthening emotional health, including fasting from negative emotions as well as how to energize positive ones. As we master our emotions through the practice of Rasa Sadhana, we gain true control of our lives and our relationships with others.