Why Yoga ?

In today's stressful lifestyle it is a difficult to find perfect performance in every person. 

For this physical fitness is absolutely necessary.

What is the secret of healthy life?

A healthy life is the result of proper amount of sleep, exercise, rest, nutritious diet, cleanliness of the body, staying away from harmful addictions, keeping the mind free from stress.

To achieve this blissful life, it is inevitable to adopt Yogasana, Pranayama, Shuddhitantra, Yogic Nidra and Meditation.

Yoga is an ancient Indian philosophy that dates back thousands of years.

Yoga is a series of stretches and poses that you do with breathing techniques. It offers the powerful benefits of exercise. 

And since yoga is gentle, almost anyone can do it, regardless of your age or fitness level.

Regular practice of yoga may produce many health benefits, including increased cardiovascular fitness, improved muscular strength and normalization of blood pressure.

Yoga is a renowned antidote to stress and promotes improved sleeping patterns.

The movements of yoga are designed to challenge flexibility, balance, coordination and strength, increasing your body’s efficiency and overall health.

Breathing techniques promote greater mind body connection, improving the function of body and mind.

When you do yoga, your brain cells develop new connections, and changes occur in brain structure as well as function, resulting in improved cognitive skills, such as learning and memory. 

Yoga strengthens parts of the brain that play a key role in memory, attention, awareness, thought, and language. Think of it as weightlifting for the brain.

Precisive history of Yoga

First mention of science of yoga is in ancient texts of vedas. 

Vedas are considered the most sacred and treasured spiritual texts of India, it is the Upanishads that transferred the foundational wisdom of the Vedas into practical and personal teachings. In Upanishads, the first explicit references to yoga appear.

Concepts of withdrawing the senses, controlling the mind, and attaining liberation are the main objectives in Upanishads.

During Ramayana King Rama suffered lots of difficulties in his life. 

King Rama maintains his balance, lives virtuous life without compromising on principles and values of life.

All his actions are for fulfilling duties and responsibilities for others. Despite of this altruistic and unselfish life, he is happy and peaceful at every moment. This is the real idea of yoga.

In Mahabharata during Bhagavad Geeta Lord Krishna inspired Prince Arjuna about the life.

Lord Krishna helps him realize the purpose of life, meaning of life and inspires Prince Arjuna to live his life in contentment and peace.

Lord Krishna explains the concepts of dharma, karma yoga, bhakti yoga and jnana yoga.

Very systematic processes of yoga were written by great Sage Patanjali in 500BC. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras on the theory and practice of yoga – 195 sutras (according to Vyāsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras.

Shankaracharya The Yoga Master who lived in 800 AD, united various yoga traditions, sorted the ideological differences and gave science of yoga a wider appeal.

In India, haṭha yoga is associated in popular tradition with the Yogis of the Natha Sampradaya. Almost all hathayogic texts belong to the Nath siddhas, and the important ones are credited to Gorakhnath or Gorakshanath (c. early 11th century).

Hatha Yoga focuses on strengthening and purification of body – mind. Harmony of body and mind is the main objective and is achieved by practice of asanas, cleansing, pranayama, mudras, bandhas. This form of yoga was more practical and helped everyone improve their health.

In the late 19th century, yoga started traveling to the west.

The first of the masters was Swami Vivekananda who wowed the audience at a lecture on yoga in Chicago in 1897.

What is Yoga ?

Yoga is a mind and body practice that can build strength and flexibility. It may also help to manage pain and reduce stress.

Various styles of yoga combine Yoga is an ancient practice that involves physical poses, concentration, and deep breathing, physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation.

The first mention of the word “yoga” appears in Rig Veda, a collection of ancient texts. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “yuj,” which means “union” or “to join.”

A regular yoga practice can improve Source endurance, strength, calmness, flexibility, and well-being.

The word yoga itself means “union” of the individual realization or soul with the Universal Realization or Spirit. 

Though many people think of yoga only as physical exercises — the asanas or postures that have gained widespread popularity in recent decades — these are actually only the most superficial aspect of this profound science of unfolding the infinite potentials of the human mind and soul.

Yoga is a balanced state. Yoga is a balanced state of the body and mind.

Yoga is a balanced state of emotions.

Yoga is a balanced state of thoughts and intellect. Yoga is a balanced state of behavior

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We are excited in the situation of pleasure and we become sad when it is a negative situation. Yoga is to maintain symmetry of the mind in any situation.

This symmetry of mind is the ultimate objective of yoga.

Yoga is perfectly skilled action or behavior. Perfect action is positive action for our evolution and positive life.

Perfect action leads to positive health on a physical and mental level.

A balanced lifestyle is essential for the harmony of mind and body.

This lifestyle is connected with nature and therefore making our life more nature friendly is the positive way to health.

Yoga is to harmonize the body and mind with nature and lifestyle in tune with nature.

Yoga is a cure for the mind to become perfectly steady and peaceful.

Our natural state of mind is peaceful and without any distractions, disturbances, difficulties and distress. 

Yoga is the path to reach this natural state.