Yoga
Yoga — the quondam Indian science — translates to ‘union’ in English. The holistic discipline to attain a perfect body and mind, yoga emphasizes to stop the mind from wandering through multi-fold modalities. Yoga is the oldest scientific discipline senescent for more than three and half millennia in India. It was heralded as a regimen to attain the highest in body and mind by the sages of India may moons ago. Today, Yoga is being embraced and gaining éclat well as promulgation by muckle of New Age celebrities’ world over.
The purpose of yoga is to put halt to wandering mind, which is considered vital for a good physical health. At its highest Yoga is a spiritual pursuit that bids consummate oneness of body, mind and soul. An eight pronged process, Yoga is eventually distilled into eight methods wholly called as: Yama; Niyama; Asana; Pranayama; Pratyahaar, Dharana, Dhyaan and Samadhi. This eight-limbed process is called as asthanga yoga in Sanskrit.
Over centuries, there evolved different paths of yoga, which can be seen as different way to achieve one goal. Gyan Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Bhakti Yoga are some of the lately developed forms of yoga. Yoga today, emphasizes a lot of primacy on breathing techniques and asana (yogic postures). All are valid and worthy ... if you finds a good teacher and style that suits your temperament.
