It's refreshing to meet someone like Saiful. An ordinary person following his dream.
We connect through candour, mostly. Something I find lacking in many Orientals.
"What IS Yoga?", he queried.
Followed by, "It comes from India, right?"
WHAT IS YOGA
The word "Yoga" comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" - meaning to yoke, join or unite. This implies integrating all aspects of the individual - body with mind and mind with soul - to achieve a happy, balanced and useful life.
What is commonly referred to as "Yoga" these days is more accurately described by the Sanskrit word "Asana", which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses.
Many people think that Yoga is just stretching.
While stretching is certainly involved, Yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility.
This is done through the performance of poses or postures, each of which has specific physical benefits.
The poses can be done quickly in succession, creating heat in the body through movement or more slowly to increase stamina and perfect the alignment of the pose.
ORIGIN OF YOGA
Yoga's detailed history has many places of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of sacred texts and the secretive nature of its teachings.
No one knows exactly when Yoga began, but it certainly predates written history.
We know that the classical techniques of Yoga began more than 5,000 years ago.
Stone carvings depicting figures in Yoga positions have been found in archeological sites in the Indus Valley dating back 5,000 years or more.
In ancient times, the desire for greater personal freedom, health and long life, and heightened self-understanding gave birth to this system which has since spread throughout the world.
This need has since re-emerged in our modern world.
There is a common misconception that Yoga is rooted in Hinduism.
On the contrary, Hinduism's religious structures evolved much later and incorporated some of the practices of Yoga. Other religions and cultures throughout the world have also incorporated practices and ideas related to Yoga.
In fact, in the book "The Yoga of Jesus", Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the hidden Yoga of the Gospels and confirms that Jesus, like other Christian saints, mystics of the East and ancient sages, not only knew Yoga but taught this universal science to his closest disciples.
In the indigenous pre-Polynesian Hawaiian culture, the only law that existed was that "We are One."
We connect through candour, mostly. Something I find lacking in many Orientals.
"What IS Yoga?", he queried.
Followed by, "It comes from India, right?"
WHAT IS YOGA
The word "Yoga" comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" - meaning to yoke, join or unite. This implies integrating all aspects of the individual - body with mind and mind with soul - to achieve a happy, balanced and useful life.
What is commonly referred to as "Yoga" these days is more accurately described by the Sanskrit word "Asana", which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses.
Many people think that Yoga is just stretching.
While stretching is certainly involved, Yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility.
This is done through the performance of poses or postures, each of which has specific physical benefits.
The poses can be done quickly in succession, creating heat in the body through movement or more slowly to increase stamina and perfect the alignment of the pose.
ORIGIN OF YOGA
Yoga's detailed history has many places of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of sacred texts and the secretive nature of its teachings.
No one knows exactly when Yoga began, but it certainly predates written history.
We know that the classical techniques of Yoga began more than 5,000 years ago.
Stone carvings depicting figures in Yoga positions have been found in archeological sites in the Indus Valley dating back 5,000 years or more.In ancient times, the desire for greater personal freedom, health and long life, and heightened self-understanding gave birth to this system which has since spread throughout the world.
This need has since re-emerged in our modern world.
There is a common misconception that Yoga is rooted in Hinduism. On the contrary, Hinduism's religious structures evolved much later and incorporated some of the practices of Yoga. Other religions and cultures throughout the world have also incorporated practices and ideas related to Yoga.
In fact, in the book "The Yoga of Jesus", Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the hidden Yoga of the Gospels and confirms that Jesus, like other Christian saints, mystics of the East and ancient sages, not only knew Yoga but taught this universal science to his closest disciples.
In the indigenous pre-Polynesian Hawaiian culture, the only law that existed was that "We are One."This concept of oneness in the Hawaiian culture served as the basis of compassionate living, since it was believed that all beings are interrelated. Anything done to one person is consequently done to the self as well.
~ Love & Oneness from Yoga Gypsy ~
