YOGA! Are you interested in getting a quick look?.....Yoga history

YOGA! Are you interested in getting a quick look at the history of Yoga? Yoga is a basic part of life, as old as civilization. It is an old physical and spiritual behavior and part of philosophy that having origin in India more than 5,000 years ago. The Foundation text of Yoga is Yoga Sutras by Yogic Sage - Patanjali.

Those who love and live in yoga, Patanjali fills each sutra like a stretching thread and weaving it into a garland of pearls of good judgment to flavour and savour. In the West, outside of Hindu culture, Yoga is usually understood to refer to Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is a special way to spread yoga by Swami Swatamarama, a yogic sage of the 15th century in India.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is an important part of Yoga. The Yoga Sutras, Patanjali supports eight limbs or steps known as "Ashtanga Yoga", to quiet one's mind and achieve ultimate goal of Yoga.

The 8 limbs are as follows: • Yama - Rules for successful living in society • Niyama - Qualities for managing and purifying self • Asaana - Posture skills required for physical and mental • Pranayama - Breathing ability for physical and mental balance • Pratihara - Skill for detaching the mind from the senses for mental balance and calm • Dharana - Concentration art for mental balance and calm • Dhyana - Meditation art for mental balance and calm • Samadhi - Ultimate advanced meditation techniques and psychic procedures attained after regular practice for universal consciousness

Yoga the art of meditation, breathing, relaxation & spirituality. Yoga is more than mastering postures and increasing your flexibility and strength. Yoga originally focused on applying and understanding the world. Its focus later changed to the self. Self-enlightenment became the main goal of the life.

Modern yoga is based on five basic principles that were created by Yogic Sage Swami Sivananda.

• Proper relaxation

• Proper exercise

• Proper breathing

• Proper diet

• Positive thinking and meditation