Yoga origin

Yoga origin
br p Yoga is an ancient art of physical and mental well-being in India. In India is a vibrant living tradition it is seen as a way to enlightenment. In other parts of the world, especially in the West, where Yoga is popular is as fitness exercise seen. Around the World Yoga has influenced other religious and spiritual practices, but it is seen as a last path to enlightenment in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism reach./p researchers have the history of yoga the timeline of the statues of the meditierenden Yogi from the Indus Valley civilization founded about 6000-7000 years old. The ancient Hindu scriptures is the Rig Veda the first written evidence of yoga. It was almost a thousand years and it is very hard to remember exact schedule orally before mounting between 1500 and 1200 BC instead of written. Patanjali (first Yoga text) to preach, to connect the "eight limbs" a spirit of harmony type in the second century before Christ./p Upanishads are probably between eight and fourth century b.c. have been, the earliest complete history of the principles and objectives of yoga. As the Upanishads are end of spiritual wisdom, they are as Vedanta. Vedanta that sacrifice practice of animals and ceremonies for the gods of the idea that could man with God by individual victims to reach the Association It meant sacrificing internal training led a life of moderation, moral culture and spirit./p Yoga is loosely translated as "ordinary reach Union with the highest nature." The successor of Yoga is called a Yogi. Practitioners, the significant advances in Yoga "(male) Yogi or Yogini (female)". / p there are many formen of yoga, but have made on the basis of most forms of a concentration (Dharana) and meditation (dhyana). Yoga text describes them as connected continuous single sharp focus gradually leads to the meditation where you can grow inward and merge into something big./p the tradition of Yoga has the beliefs and practices of yoga practice. Many experts have written the ancient Yoga texts on the subject, common characteristic. A guru yoga, can an institution that he Yoga to learn how he would like to open it. Many artists have taken their inspiration for the arts, poetry, dance and music from the Yoga. Students are with a particular Yoga institutes with practices comply with mantras (songs) and the study of sacred texts. The difference between the various schools teach yoga can always ways to deal with different types of yoga./p the Yoga gurus are sometimes described beyond the everyday life of a community as, in principle, this does not mean, they are in such unethical act to act but to some extent with direct knowledge of the final truth./p some of the most important Yogis are Swami Vivekananda, Swami Sivananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa./p