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Yoga,
in short, is not a relation but a great philosophy,
an art, a science and a way of life, aimed at
developing a perfect balance between the body
and the mind and between the individual self and
the cosmos. It came into being several thousand
years age, invented by great sages who aimed at
a complete mastery of the body so that the mind
could be freed for meditation and other higher
spiritual practices.They believed that a body,
which was ill, infirm, diseased or weak, affected
the mind which found itself fettered and earth-bound.
When the body was made healthy supple and free
from illness and disease, then the mind too became
illuminated, ready to pursue its goal of union with the divine or
the atman believed to be here,within
each human being. The Yogi then achieved his original goal: the realization
of the self which was one with all creation.
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In the Shvetaashvatara Upanishad
it is said that disease and old age do not come to the Yogi whose body
is supple and healthy and whose mind is pure thanks to the practice of
Yoga.
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There are Yogis in India who seem
ageless - vigorous, health, full of vitality and capable of doing a full
day's work. On the other hand, young men and women, still in their early
twenties are seen with slumped shoulders, drooping necks, caved-in chests
and pale, wrinkled faces. They stagger around as if they have not even
sufficient energy to drag their feet along. They seem to gasp for air
and appear to be in the last stages of mental and physical infirmity.
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| Types of Yoga |
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» Ashtanga (or Astanga) Yoga
» Jivamukti-style Yoga
» Kali Ray TriYoga
» White Lotus Yoga
» Bikram Yoga
» Iyengar Yoga
» Integral Yoga
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» Sivananda Yoga
» ISHTA
» Kripalu Yoga
» Kundalini
» Ananda Yoga
» Viniyoga
» Svaroopa Yoga
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