Yoga
As a readily adaptable way of life, Yoga can help us spiritually, physically and mentally. Yoga, above all, helps us in solving the problems of our life at the very root. The root of every problem in this world comes from our suffering.
As a readily adaptable way of life, Yoga can help us spiritually, physically and mentally. Yoga, above all, helps us in solving the problems of our life at the very root. The root of every problem in this world comes from our suffering.
The word "Yoga" is well known throughout the world today, yet few people really understand the history, the benefits and the techniques of yoga and how much this system can offer to humanity. To help us understand yoga, we may start with the definition of yoga as "yoke" or union. Union with the inner fulfilment, union with the supreme harmony, union with the higher realms, union in love with our eternal common origin - the guardian of our soul.
This goal of yoga should be understood by persons at the outset to guide their development gradually from the beginning of spiritual awareness to the highest levels of consciousness. We have to determine what exactly is impeding our access to the dimensions of eternal existence, full knowledge and inner fulfilment.
This is a spiritual question, which can be answered through proper Yoga practices. If we approach the practice of Yoga only with the hope of improving our physical condition we will miss out the real potential given to the world by the great teachers of this transcendental science. Meditation helps us to remove fear and pressure and stimulates self-control, simplicity and clear thinking.
The changes achieved with yoga are natural results and stay with us during our lifetime. The practical exercises remove the stress, which comes from the lack of harmony in the modern life and leads to loss of brightness. We are always tending to blame external factors about our difficulties but yoga shows us that most of the problems could be solved through self-control. It shows us our bad and good side and gives us opportunity to work on it. In all these fields, yoga gives us lots of chances to improve our health.
The word "Yoga" is well known throughout the world today, yet few people really understand the history, the benefits and the techniques of yoga and how much this system can offer to humanity. To help us understand yoga, we may start with the definition of yoga as "yoke" or union. Union with the inner fulfilment, union with the supreme harmony, union with the higher realms, union in love with our eternal common origin - the guardian of our soul.
This goal of yoga should be understood by persons at the outset to guide their development gradually from the beginning of spiritual awareness to the highest levels of consciousness. We have to determine what exactly is impeding our access to the dimensions of eternal existence, full knowledge and inner fulfilment.
This is a spiritual question, which can be answered through proper Yoga practices. If we approach the practice of Yoga only with the hope of improving our physical condition we will miss out the real potential given to the world by the great teachers of this transcendental science. Meditation helps us to remove fear and pressure and stimulates self-control, simplicity and clear thinking.
The changes achieved with yoga are natural results and stay with us during our lifetime. The practical exercises remove the stress, which comes from the lack of harmony in the modern life and leads to loss of brightness. We are always tending to blame external factors about our difficulties but yoga shows us that most of the problems could be solved through self-control. It shows us our bad and good side and gives us opportunity to work on it. In all these fields, yoga gives us lots of chances to improve our health.
The word Yoga
The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj meaning connection. Usually western people think that yoga includes only the physical exercises (hatha yoga). But Yoga consists of different Yoga activities.
The function of different poses (asanas) is to relax the body and the soul. They give the opportunity to concentrate on two main aspects of yoga: education and meditation.
The function of different poses (asanas) is to relax the body and the soul. They give the opportunity to concentrate on two main aspects of yoga: education and meditation.
