[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Aravind [@aravind](/creator/twitter/aravind) on x 125.3K followers Created: 2025-07-15 03:18:40 UTC Legendary Sage Yagnavalkya, linked to the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (dated 2400-3000 years ago by Western scholars), is said to have composed the Surya Kavacha Stotra. In Surya Kavacha Stotra it is advised to take a sun bath facing the sun after a morning shower while reciting the stotra fully. It is claimed in the same Stotra that this daily practice frees us from many diseases and keeps us healthy in both mind and the body. Here’s the verse where it says so: Susnato yo japetsamyak yo adhite svastha manasah | Sa rogamukto dirghayuh sukham pushtim cha vindati || Most of you know sunlight (UVB) helps produce Vitamin D by converting a form of cholesterol in the skin. Vit-D is a hormone vital for bone health, immunity, and more. But do you know our body utilizes our skin as a large factory, by using sunlight’s energy to synthesize dozens of much more important proteins, hormones, and essential lipids? Here are just a few I can recall: Vitamin D (from 7-dehydrocholesterol) - Supports bone health, immune function, and various bodily processes. Lumisterol - Offers anti inflammatory and antitumor effects. Cis urocanic acid & Nitric oxide - Lowers blood pressure and reduces inflammation. Beta Endorphin - Enhances well-being and reduces stress hormones. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - Regulates stress and suppresses inflammation. Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone - Repairs cells, reduces inflammation, and darkens skin (which is a natural sun protection - those outdoors since an young age optimize this balance of sun protection and utilization naturally reducing risk of cancers from harsh sub light). Some novel lipids like Acylcarnitine and Phosphatidylethanolamine - They signal our immune cells via lymph nodes, boosting our immune response. Sunlight (a certain portion of UV) also calms an over active immune sysrem giving some relief to autoimmune conditions like Psoriasis and Multiple Sclerosis. Morning sun light boosts cortisol, dopamine, and norepinephrine, sharpening your mind and improving sleep. Now, reciting the Surya Kavacha Stotra while meditating on the sun, facing it in the morning, and doing a body scan relaxes you, refreshes your mind, and times the sun exposure perfectly. If you’re from a culture blessed with this tradition, embrace it whole heartedly. Ignore the colonized naysayers, ignorant Indians dismissing such things as pseudoscience. Instead of fighting our mentally colonized sepoys, I would say thank the Western scientists researching meditation, Surya namaskar, yoga, and Ayurvedic remedies with an open mind - even if they appropriate the proven benefits under their brand names. Also expressing this gratitude is scientifically proven to enhance mental health and well being. Please thank me too for the post in replies. It is proven by science that receiving gratitude helps well-being :) Even Dr. @hubermanlab will vouch for it.  XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/aravind/status/1944959775248351640)
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Aravind @aravind on x 125.3K followers
Created: 2025-07-15 03:18:40 UTC
Legendary Sage Yagnavalkya, linked to the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (dated 2400-3000 years ago by Western scholars), is said to have composed the Surya Kavacha Stotra.
In Surya Kavacha Stotra it is advised to take a sun bath facing the sun after a morning shower while reciting the stotra fully.
It is claimed in the same Stotra that this daily practice frees us from many diseases and keeps us healthy in both mind and the body.
Here’s the verse where it says so:
Susnato yo japetsamyak yo adhite svastha manasah | Sa rogamukto dirghayuh sukham pushtim cha vindati ||
Most of you know sunlight (UVB) helps produce Vitamin D by converting a form of cholesterol in the skin. Vit-D is a hormone vital for bone health, immunity, and more.
But do you know our body utilizes our skin as a large factory, by using sunlight’s energy to synthesize dozens of much more important proteins, hormones, and essential lipids?
Here are just a few I can recall:
Vitamin D (from 7-dehydrocholesterol) - Supports bone health, immune function, and various bodily processes.
Lumisterol - Offers anti inflammatory and antitumor effects.
Cis urocanic acid & Nitric oxide - Lowers blood pressure and reduces inflammation.
Beta Endorphin - Enhances well-being and reduces stress hormones.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone - Regulates stress and suppresses inflammation.
Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone - Repairs cells, reduces inflammation, and darkens skin (which is a natural sun protection - those outdoors since an young age optimize this balance of sun protection and utilization naturally reducing risk of cancers from harsh sub light).
Some novel lipids like Acylcarnitine and Phosphatidylethanolamine - They signal our immune cells via lymph nodes, boosting our immune response.
Sunlight (a certain portion of UV) also calms an over active immune sysrem giving some relief to autoimmune conditions like Psoriasis and Multiple Sclerosis.
Morning sun light boosts cortisol, dopamine, and norepinephrine, sharpening your mind and improving sleep.
Now, reciting the Surya Kavacha Stotra while meditating on the sun, facing it in the morning, and doing a body scan relaxes you, refreshes your mind, and times the sun exposure perfectly.
If you’re from a culture blessed with this tradition, embrace it whole heartedly. Ignore the colonized naysayers, ignorant Indians dismissing such things as pseudoscience.
Instead of fighting our mentally colonized sepoys, I would say thank the Western scientists researching meditation, Surya namaskar, yoga, and Ayurvedic remedies with an open mind - even if they appropriate the proven benefits under their brand names.
Also expressing this gratitude is scientifically proven to enhance mental health and well being. Please thank me too for the post in replies. It is proven by science that receiving gratitude helps well-being :)
Even Dr. @hubermanlab will vouch for it.
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