Authentic Yoga Tradition is the science of consciousness aims at conscious evolution and transformation. It is much more than practice of physical postures and breathing. These presentations are part of Yoga Teachers Training and workshop conducted in NJ, USA

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Welcome
Introduction to history, text, tradition, masters
By
Acharya Girish Jha, MS, BS, DIY
www.Yogaplusherbs. Com
Awakening Realization Transformation
Knowing Doing Living
To know To do To Be

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“Every person should live a complete life span
of hundred years. And he should constantly
strive to fulfill the purpose of life i.e. Self-
Realization”……………………….. Isha Upanishad
(Upanishads are a group of texts in question-answer format in
master-disciple tradition)
•What is your take on the above verse , written more
than 3000 years ago?
•What are the questions you like to ask about text,
tradition, masters?

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Aspiration –Intent –
Asatoma satgamay
Tamasoma jyotirgamay
Mrityorma amritngamay
Om Shanti Shanti Shantih
Move/progress /evolve from
False to truth
Ignorance to wisdom
Bondage to truth
Let there be peace, peace , peace

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Please read workshop -1.1.1 posted on LinkedIn

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Why the study of
Authentic Yoga
Tradition is important?

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Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition
is important?
Master teaches what is not written in the
texts from their personal experiences
Namaste – Nam means bow and te means
you
Namaste means –I am you and you are me
Namaste is physical, mental, and spiritual
practice

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Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition
is important?
•How many Asanas are there in Yoga?
•How many one should practice?
•8.4 million – 84-32-16-8-4-2-1
•One Asana will do
•4 asana are meditative postures
•The best is Siddha Asana ( Vajra Asana in
Buddhism)

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Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition
is important?
•Yoga – awakening to fourth state of
consciousness
•Beyond dreaming, sleeping, waking states
•Can you guess the fourth state?
•Mind cannot guess what it can reach
•Symbols, parables, images, mandalas,
Yantra, mantra?

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Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition
is important?
1.The student should understand the etymology of the
word clearly as Sanskrit words and syllables were created
in an awakened state.
2.The student should look for explanation and understand
the meaning of words used in practice for physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual levels.
3.The students should carefully understand the meaning of
the words used in Sanskrit as majority of words used does
not have exact translation in English or other modern
languages.
4.The students should contemplate and/or read about the
essence beyond words and their meanings.

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Are you ready to lose everything for the
sake of Yoga?
“Mind is the cause of bondage and freedom.
The mind attached to objects brings
bondage and free from all the objects of
world of name and from brings
freedom”………… Bhagavad Gita (II.24)
(Bhagvad Gita is very important text of Yoga. it explains 10
different schools of Yoga. one should read study the text
with master)

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Why the study of Authentic Yoga Tradition
is important?
•To practice correctly
•To know how to practice to awaken to
inner and higher consciousness
•To understand the correct meaning, and
essence of the practice
•To drop myths common to yoga in modern
age
•To know the meaning beyond symbols

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