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What Is YOGA ?
YOGA MEANS UNION , IT’S DERIVED FROM SANSKRIT , WHICH MEANS TO JOIN OR UNITE, YOGA ALSO REFERS TO AN INNER SCIENCE COMPRISING OF A VARIETY OF METHODS THROUGH WHICH HUMAN CAN ACHIEVE UNION BETWEEN THE BODY AND MIND TO ATTAIN SELF RELISATION , IT IS AN ANCIENT FORM OF EXERCISE THAT FOCUSES ON STRENGTH , FLEXIBILITY AND BREATHING TO BOOST PHYSICIAL AND MENTAL LEVEL , A MALE PRACTICES YOGA IS CALLED YOGI , A FEMALE PRACTIONERS CALLED YOGINI . THE ART OF YOGA IS OVER 5000 YEARS OLD , YOGA SUTRAS WRITTEN BY MAHARISHI PATANJALI & , IT’S CALLED 8 LIMBS OF YOGA , EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA CAN BE VIEWED AS A EIGHT EQUAL SPOKES ON THE SAME WHEEL & THERE MEANING IS HOW TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL & PURPOSEFUL LIFE .
EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA :
1. YAMA : PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT LIVING / RESTRAINTS
2. NIYAMA : a) PERSONAL ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TO PURIFY THE MIND & BODY .
b) SELF DISCIPLINE , SELF STUDY & DEVOTION TO GOD & GURUS .
3. ASANA : a) RIGHT POSTURE OF THE BODY .
b) PHYSICIAL POSTURE OF THE BODY .
4. PRANAYAMA : BREATH CONTROL OR BREATHING CONSCIOUSNESS .
5. PRATYAHARA : INWARD TURNED AWARENESS AND WITHDRAWAL OF THE SENSES .
6. DHARANA : CONCENTRATION .
7. DHYANA : MEDITATION METHOD .
8. SAMADHI : ABSORPTION
BENEFITS OF YOGA :
1. IMPROVED OUR BODY FLEXIBILITY AND ABDOMINAL STRENGTH
2. CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT & INCREASED ENERGY LEVEL .
3. INNER PEACE & MENTAL SATISFACTION .
4. STRESS FREE LIFE & STRESS RELIEVER .
5. BUILD UP SELF CONFIDENCE & POWERFUL CONCENTRATION LEVEL .
6. HELP US TO BOOST YOUR MEMORY & MAKES YOU SMARTER .
7. BODY FLEXIBILITY , BETTER HAND EYE COORDINATION AND BUILD OUR CORE STRENGTH .
8. ITS IMPROVE YOUR ENERGY LEVELS, FIGHTS FATIGUE & MAKES YOU STRONGER .
9. CONTROL YOUR HIGH & LOW BLOOD PRESSURE , MAINTAIN CHOLESTEROL LEVEL .
10. IT’S IMPROVES RESPIRATORY FUNCTION & OXYGEN INTAKE.
