A brief history of Yoga

A brief history of Yoga
br p the original meaning of the word "Yoga" synonymous with yoga in the West is limited to the asanas or poses. Group even mean the word Yoga and yoga has been on the road all spiritual seekers association with his highest self, or the Association of the individual soul resulted in a with the universal soul, says. In this sense Yoga originated way back to the beginning of spirituality during the ancient Vedic Seer and perhaps even before./p in the course of time developed various Yoga paths of different types of human beings. In the Bhagavad Gita, three main forms of Yoga described India's most famous biblical work: / p li Bhakti Yoga is for people whose natural Neigung was the highest spiritual attitude and love of worship. In India, where Lord Krishna in the Centre was the next bhakti yoga, and the popularity of this route 15 and 16th century life and examples of such large numbers are like Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Meera and Kabir. This form of Yoga is probably best for us in the West is the way to God is used in Christianity. /. Li / ul br li jnana Yoga: the road to the knowledge by studying books and writings, but mainly by introspection. A famous 20th century jnana would often ask Yogi, Ramana Maharshi, who seeks his lead to a simple question "who am I?" Spirit is. Buddha was a jnana Yogi / li / ul li br Karma Yoga is for everyone who wants to develop during a stay in the world, told us selflessly active, without access to results of our actions. It means to see and serve God in the humanity, a well-known example was the work of Mother Teresashould be. /. Li / ul This means we in the West today to give that comes from the Yoga Sutra, written to 200AD by Patanjali Yoga and is generally regarded as the classical description of yoga. This text is seen as one of the six darshan, or branches of traditional Indian philosophy. In this text Patanjali describes a complete system for live name Raja Yoga, called as part of a series of postures of asanas. In the West is that Yoga em / em is typically for the exercise of the asanas accepts this, as well as a wellness was also developed to sit the body long hours in meditation and contemplation means prepare./p em were A very influential text in spreading this asanas Hatha Yoga Pradipika / em in the 14th century. Century written by Svatmarama. A broad term is generally used to describe (pranayama) for the postures and breathing Hatha Yoga. In the 16th century. and 17. Century this form of Yoga has grown in popularity and was heavily influenced by Tantric principles./p the spread of yoga in the West can these spiritual personalities such as Swami Vivekananda and Paramhansa Yogananda, the first the interest of Western seekers Eastern philosophy in the late 19th century. and early 20th century. Century with its exhibitions are attributed to jnana, Karma Yoga Bhakti. Promotion of Hatha Yoga in 1920 by t. Krishnamacharya and working with his disciples BKS Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois TCT Desikachar has performed a profound impact on the form of yoga in yoga studios today. The postures of Hatha Yoga is popular with the people in the West have been looking for for the physical and emotional balance, rather than the full Offenlegung and many types of individual teachers developed, stressed the various aspects of the business. For example Iyengar Yoga emphasizes, precise alignment of the approach, while that focuses more on strength and flexibility Ashtanga Yoga./p