Ok, firstly, I am Indian too. I have been doing yoga for the past two decades.
At one point I wanted to take my yoga "to the next level", whatever that meant. So I asked my teacher to teach me something more elaborate. She did (a variant of shoulder-stand), and I got a back pain that lasted for two weeks. From then on I have been sticking to my routine - two quick surya-namaskars, followed by 8 simple postures. This is all I have done for the past 2 decades. It makes me feel energetic during the day. I ask for no more.
If your job is sedentary/indoors, do a little yoga and see if it helps. Start small, and stick with what is comfortable. There is no need to compete for higher levels of achievement. If you feel good that's all that is important.
About Swami Vivekananda - I have read his complete works, it is an interesting read, very inspiring (helped me through a bout of depression in my late teens), and for history buffs, it offers some nice historical views of India, Europe and the US at the end of the 19th century. Vivekananda was a philosopher who explored the deep questions of life, and a social commentator with a keen eye for detail.
So read his works by all means, but you don't need that to benefit from some simple exercises.
At one point I wanted to take my yoga "to the next level", whatever that meant. So I asked my teacher to teach me something more elaborate. She did (a variant of shoulder-stand), and I got a back pain that lasted for two weeks. From then on I have been sticking to my routine - two quick surya-namaskars, followed by 8 simple postures. This is all I have done for the past 2 decades. It makes me feel energetic during the day. I ask for no more.
If your job is sedentary/indoors, do a little yoga and see if it helps. Start small, and stick with what is comfortable. There is no need to compete for higher levels of achievement. If you feel good that's all that is important.
About Swami Vivekananda - I have read his complete works, it is an interesting read, very inspiring (helped me through a bout of depression in my late teens), and for history buffs, it offers some nice historical views of India, Europe and the US at the end of the 19th century. Vivekananda was a philosopher who explored the deep questions of life, and a social commentator with a keen eye for detail.
So read his works by all means, but you don't need that to benefit from some simple exercises.