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The history of yoga is a
sacred and vast knowledge among Indian people. So since I am not an Indian in
origin I only do my research to find out the answers. I have read a lot of
articles about this for the past months and I found out that our Indian brothers
and sisters who are more knowledgeable about this area are not happy with the
erroneous way it was explained.
So if you find this
article quite lacking and you are an expert in this feel free to leave a
comment and let's discuss it in a harmonious way. I love hearing history after
all. शांति Shaanti (peace) my
brothers and sisters.
Today yoga is so popular
due to digital innovations. I meet a young kid while dropping my daughter at
school and asked her if she happens to know what is yoga? She replied promptly,
“Oh! My mommy was doing yoga this morning, its an exercise of course.” Well, me and my daughter look into each
other eyes silently and shake our head. Somehow the child was right but still,
I believe that Yoga is more than an exercise so I come up with this article,
the birth of yoga its brief history, 5 principal meaning, goals,
variations, and principles.
A brief history
What is yoga? According
to google yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices
Or disciplines which
originated in ancient India.
The Sanskrit noun YOGA
translate to (and is cognate with English “YOKE” It is derived from the root Yuj
“ To attach, join, harness, yoke”
There is a broad variety
of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Among
the most well- known types of yoga are Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. Let's deal
with the technical terms later. Instead,
let's focus on yoga in the 20th century.
Yoga gurus from India
later introduced yoga to the West following the success of Swami Vivekananda- a
Hindu monk who is famous for his literary works about, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga,
Bhakti Yoga, and Jnana Yoga in the late 19th and 20th Century.
In 1980s Yoga became
popular as a system of physical exercises across the western world. However,
Yoga in Indian traditions is more than a physical exercise. It has a meditative
and spiritual core.
Many studies have tried
to determine the effectiveness of yoga as a complementary intervention for
cancer, Schizophrenia, Asthma and heart disease. The results of these studies
have been mixed and inconclusive. On December 1, 2016, Yoga was listed
by UNESCO as an INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE.
5 Principal Meaning
According to Jacobsen,
“Yoga has five principal meaning”.
- Yoga, as a discipline method
for attaining the goal.
- Yoga as techniques of
controlling the body and mind.
- Yoga, as a name of one of the
schools or systems of philosophy (darsana).
- Yoga in Connection with other
words such as “hatha, mantra, and
laya” referring to traditions specializing in particular techniques of
yoga.
- Yoga as the goal of yoga
practice.
Yoga Goals
The ultimate goal of
yoga is moksha ( liberation) although the exact
definition of what form this takes depends on the philosophical or theological system with which it is conjugated.
No matter how we defined
yoga its variations and principles developed
in various forms over time.
Yoga Variations and
Principles
- Yoga- Is a meditative means of
discovering dysfunctional perception and cognition, as well as overcoming
it for the release of suffering,
inner peace, and salvation.
- Yoga- As The raising of
expansion of consciousness from
oneself to being coextensive with everyone and everything.
- Yoga- As a path to omniscience
and enlightened consciousness enabling one to comprehend the impermanent
(elusive, delusive) and permanent (true transcendent) reality.
- Yoga- As a technique for entering into other bodies,
generating, multiple bodies and the attainment
of other supernatural accomplishments.
Now that we already learned about the brief history of Yoga its time to choose the best yoga for you.
Please feel free to leave a comment below or email me at
umbrosa.maricel@gmail.com and if you
happen to have a yoga routine already. By all means,
you can share it here and I would be glad
to feature it in my blog.
Next article I would be writing about Yoga for Patient with Spinal
Injury as I am one of them.
If you want me to write about some topics of yoga
that you're interested with just leave a comment below. Namaste!
Credits to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga
I I a, learning so much. Thank you for sharing. bestreviewsation
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ReplyDeleteHi. I am starting yoga again in a long time and it has helped with weight loss. I follow Mandy Ingber's Yoga. I love it. I want to try something different. I found it free online. I wanted to know if you know any other yoga videos free online or YouTube that I can continue to do. I have a knee injury as well as my elbow.. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
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Hello Daniela thanks for your comment. First I apologized since I was off for a vacation and just cameback recently. I was not able to reply nor write anything in my blog for the past months. Well its good to hear that you started yoga again.
DeleteI love yoga and its a way of life, for someone like us with past history of injuries its also very helpful. Mandy Ingber's Yoga is quite amazing. You can also try to follow BrettLarkin's Yoga on youtube. She's great and has videos on Yoga for Knee pain relief.
A perfect day a head of you dear.