Yoga is an ancient practice that unifies mind, body, and spirit through postures, breathing, and meditation. It originated over 5,000 years ago in India and developed as several different styles, including Hatha yoga which is most common in the Western world today. Regular yoga practice offers benefits like increased flexibility, stress relief, and mindfulness.

1. An ancient practice which unifies mind, body and spirit.

2.  The word yoga literally means ‘yoke’ or ‘join’
 One of the joys of yoga is that everyone can
start it, no matter what their age or their
state of health or state of mind.
 Long time yoga teacher and author,
Shakta Kaur Khalsa, says “Yoga promises –
and delivers – relaxation in place of stress,
insight in place of negativity, and courage in
the face of conflict.”

3.  Certain forms of
yoga developed separately in certain ancient cultur
.
 Archaeologists discovered
evidence of yoga in the ancient
Chinese, Mayan, Tibet and Indian
Cultures.
 There are references to yoga in
the Rig-Veda

4.  A form of yoga may date back over 40,000
years
 The ancient Indus-Saraswati civilisation is the
highly advanced civilisation which is
responsible for developing the science of
yoga.

the yoga we practise today is a culmination of all t

5.  the oldest form of known yoga is the
Vedic yoga.
 Brahmans, together with Rishis (mystic
priests) developed the science of yoga over
the centuries.
 The most important writing on yoga in this
period is the Bhagavad-Gitâ

6.  Patanjali is considered to be the father of yoga
and his writings influence all forms of yoga
today.
 It was him who wrote the first definitive
guide to yoga during the second century AD –
Yoga Sûtras
 The premise behind this form of yoga is that
if all the paths are followed, an individual will
achieve inner harmony and peace and be able
to connect with a higher being.

7.  The eight limbs or basic beliefs can be
divided into two sections, the first being
related to the way we live our lives:
 Yama – refers to honesty, integrity and truth.
 Nijama - self discipline
 Asana - keeping our bodies healthy and our minds
calm.
 Pranayama - linking mind, body and soul through
mindful breathing.

8.  Pratayahara - control our thought patterns
 Dharana - concentrating and
removing all thoughts
 Dhyana - to focus or
concentrate without any
thoughts in our head and
achieve a state of complete
stillness.
 Samadhi - state of ecstasy

9.  The melding of the spiritual
and physical connection was
the beginning of the form of
yoga which is mainly practiced
in the West – Hatha Yoga.

10.  In 1893 Swami Vivekananda travelled to the
USA to speak on Hinduism but surprisingly
sparked an interest in eastern philosophy and
yoga among the intellectuals in the States.
 the Theosophical Society was particularly
powerful in spreading the word.
 Psychologist Carl Jung praised benefits of
yoga on mental health in 1935 saying “yoga
was one of the greatest things the human
mind has ever created.”

11.  it wasn’t until the 1960s that yoga started to
become popular in the western world.
 During the 1970s and 1980s yoga gained
more followers but it wasn’t until the 1990s,
when gym junkies decided there must be
more to life than the old adage ‘no pain, no
gain’, that yoga really took off in the western
world.

12.  Hatha Yoga
 the most popular form of yoga in Western world.
 from two Sanskrit words, ‘Ha’ meaning ‘sun’ and
‘tha’ meaning ‘moon’.
 Hatha uses postures (called asanas) and conscious
breathing (Pranayama)

13.  Raja Yoga
 Classic yoga from the Sanskrit word for “royal”.
 The ethos behind is our mind creates our reality.
 Always begins with a session of Hatha yoga
 Karma Yoga
 Karma means ‘right’ action.
 Mother Theresa was most certainly a Karma
yogina who called her work “love in action”.

14.  Bhakti Yoga
 from Sanskrit word ‘bjah’ meaning to ‘adore and
worship God’.
 easiest forms of yoga to master
 Jnana Yoga
 The writings of the great sage Jiddu Krishnamurti
are a good example of Jnana yoga.
 Tantra Yoga
 ‘where opposites meet and become one’.

15.  Mantra Yoga
Mantra means ‘mind projection’ and refers to
sound. It is used through
chanting or reciting as a
means to quiet the mind
and block out all thoughts.

16.  If starting healthy, practicing yoga can make
you more flexible, relaxed and centered
 Creates toned and flexible bodies less prone
to sports injuries
 Stabilize metabolism
 Improved spine flexibility
 Greater environment awareness
 Art of proper breathing
 Achieve the state of ecstacy – Samadhi!

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