Yoga

Yogic practises for health and wellness

Sports-Yoga India Rajasthan RAS Mains GS Paper 3 (1)

Yoga is not limited to the physical postures, breathing techniques or meditation only rather yoga is also a way of life. The widely practiced Yoga sadhanas are: Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Pratyāhāra, Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna, Samādhi, Bandhās and Mudrās, Ṣaṭkarmas,Yuktāhāra, Mantra-japa,Yukta-karma etc. Yamas & Niyamas Yamas are restraints and Niyamas are observances. These are considered to …

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Four Paths of Yoga

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Yoga works on the level of one’s body, mind, emotion and energy. The different philosophies, traditions, lineages and Guru-shishya paramparas of Yoga led to the emergence of different traditional schools or types or paths of yoga. These include: Gyana Yoga Bhakti Yoga Karma Yoga Raja Yoga Japa Yoga Swara Yoga Kundalini Nadi The different types …

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History of Yoga

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The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means “to attach, join, harness, yoke”, and signifies union of the individual and universal conscious. History of Yoga Yoga is widely considered as an “immortal cultural outcome” of the Indus Saraswati Valley Civilisation – dating back to approximately 2700 BC. A number of seals and fossil …

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