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itemprop='name'> What Is Yoga? </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-3638837151009074607' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The word yoga is often translated as <i>"union"</i> or the method of discipline from the Sanskrit word "yuj" (to yoke or binding). </span><span lang="en">A man called yogi, a practicing yogini, a woman.</span></div> <div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Postures. ...</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Contemporary Western yoga approach is not based on a particular religion or belief, but Yoga is rooted in Hinduism and Brahmanism. </span><span lang="en">Yoga was developed by seers or ascetics who live mainly in the southern part of India. </span><span lang="en">The forecasters to observe nature and to live as close as they could to the Earth, studying the many aspects of nature, animals and themselves. </span><span lang="en">By observing and imitating different posture and habits of animals they are able to develop the grace, strength and wisdom.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">It was through this very disciplined life that the practice of yoga postures is developed. </span><span lang="en">It is necessary to develop a series of postures to keep the body supple and able to last a long time silence as in meditation.</span></div> <div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Writing ....</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Brahmanism dates back to contain the Scriptures called "Veda". </span><span lang="en">The verses contained instructions and spells. </span><span lang="en">It is in the oldest texts "Rg-Veda" of the Scriptures that Yoga is the first word appears, almost 5000 years ago. </span><span lang="en">The fourth text called the "Atharva-Veda" contains mainly spells to magical and ritual healing health many are using medicinal plants. </span><span lang="en">This text gives the average person with spells and spells-spells to use in their daily lives and this practice of "Vedic" can still be seen on the streets of India today.</span></div> <div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Bhagavad Gita, an ancient work on spiritual life described himself as a treatise on yoga, although using Yoga as a spiritual tool. </span><span lang="en">It was from this literature is that Patanjali's "eight branches of yoga" is developed. </span><span lang="en">Yoga Sutra is primarily concerned with developing the "nature of the mind" and I will explain more about this in the next section.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Vastness Of The ....</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The vratyas, a group of priests who worship the Rudra, fertility gods of wind will attempt to emulate the sound of the wind through their singing. </span><span lang="en">They found that they could make their breath control sound through and through this practice breath control was formed "Pranayama". </span><span lang="en">Pranayama is breath control in yoga practice.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Road ....</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Upanishad, which is the revelation of the ancient Hindu discipline developed two karma yoga, the path of action and jnana yoga, the path of knowledge. </span><span lang="en">The road was developed to help students freed from suffering and finally get enlightenment.</span></div> <div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The teachings of the Upanishads is different from that of the Vedas. </span><span lang="en">Veda demand offerings to the gods of the external in order to have a rich, happy life. </span><span lang="en">Upanishads through the practice of Karma yoga focuses on internal ego sacrifice to free from the affliction. </span><span lang="en">Rather than plant and animal sacrifice (external) it places inner ego would be the basic philosophy, so yoga is known as the street leave worldliness.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Yoga shares some characteristics with Buddhism can be traced back through history. </span><span lang="en">During the sixth century b.c., Buddhism also stressed the importance of meditation and the practice of physical postures. </span><span lang="en">Siddhartha Gautama Buddha was the first to really learn Yoga.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">What Yoga Sutra and how Yoga Philosophy evolved?</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Yoga Sutra is a compilation of 195 statement that basically provides a guide to live moral and ethic combines the science of yoga into it. </span><span lang="en">India named a Sage Patanjali is believed to have put this over 2000 years ago and has been a foundation for the philosophy of classical yoga.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The sutra literally means "thread" and it is used to indicate a particular form of written and oral communication. </span><span lang="en">Due to the rough style of sutra written in students should rely on a teacher to interpret the philosophy contained in each. </span><span lang="en">Meaning in each sutra can be adapted to special needs students.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">The Yoga Sutras are a a yoga system but there is no single description of postures or asanas in it! </span><span lang="en">Patanjali developed a guide to living a life of truth. </span><span lang="en">The essence of his teachings was "the yoga of eight" or "eight limbs of Patanjali". </span><span lang="en">This is the advice to live a more Patanjali either through yoga.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Postures and breath control, two basic yoga practice that is described as the third and fourth limbs of Patanjali's eight branches in the path to self realization. </span><span lang="en">The practice of yoga postures creating modern third this time. </span><span lang="en">When you join a yoga class you may find that is all you need to suit your lifestyle.</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">Eight branches of yoga</span></div> <br /><div class="force_dir"> <span lang="en">1. 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