YOGAPOORNAVIDYA....ABOUT YOGA
ORGIN OF YOGA
HISTORY OF YOGA
DEFINITIONS OF YOGA
CONCEPT YOGA
ORGIN OF YOGA

Yoga is an ancient based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind and spirit. It is practical aid, not a religion. The continued practice of yoga will lead one to a sense of peace and well being and also a feeling of being in harmony with one’s environment. The word ‘yoga’ comes from the Sanskrit root “yuj”, which means, “to join” or “to yoke”. One of the six systems of Indian Philosophy established by Pathanjali, which is considered to be second division of Sankya Philosophy. Hatha Yoga seems to be a late development in Hinduism, and the earliest texts on the subject date from little before the Muslim invasion. It is closely connected with Tratrism, though many practitioners of Hatha Yoga are not Tantrists.

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HISTORY OF YOGA
The history of yoga can be divided into the following four broad categories.
- Vedic Yoga
- Pre classical Yoga
- Classical Yoga &
- Postclassical Yoga
These categories are like static snapshots of something that is actuality in continuous motion-the “March of history”.
The yogic teaching found in the above-mentioned Rig-Veda and the other three ancient hymnodies are known as Vedic Yoga. The Sanskrit word Veda means “Knowledge”, while the Sanskrit term Rig, means “Praise”. Thus the sacred Rig-Veda is the collection of hymns that are in praise of a higher power.
The other three Vedic hymnodies are the Yajur-Veda (“Knowledge of Sacrifice”), Same-Veda (“Knowledge of Chants”), and Atharvana-Veda (“Knowledge of Atharvan” of Fire Priest). The first collection contains the sacrificial formulas used by the Vedic Priests. The second text contains the chants accompanying the sacrifices. The third hymnody is filled with magical incantations for all occasions but also includes a number of very powerful philosophical hymns. It is connected with Arharvan, a famous fire priest who is remembered as having been a master of magical rituals. These hymnodies can be compared to the various books of the old.
This category covers an extensive of approximately 2,000 years until the second century. Pre classical yoga comes in various forms and guises. The earliest manifestations were still closely associated with the Vedic sacrificial culture as developed in the Brahmanas and Aranyakas. The Brahmanas are Sanskrit texts explaining the Vedic hymns and the behind them. The Aranyakas are ritual texts specific to those who choose to live in seclusion in a forest hermitage.
Preclassical Yoga also comprises many schools whose teachings can be found in India’s two great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha (in which the Bhagavad-Gita is embedded and which is seven times the size of the lliad and Odyssey combined). These various pre classical schools developed all kinds of techniques for achieving deep meditation through which yogis and yogi is can transcend the body and mind and discover their true nature.
This label applies to the eightfold Yoga also known as Astanga-Yoga or Raja-Yoga taught by Patanjali in his Yoga-Sutra. This Sanskrit text consisted of 196 Sutras or aphorisms, which have been commented on over and over again through the centuries.
Many types and schools of yoga that have sprung up in the period after Pathnjali’s Yoga-Sutra and that are independent of this decisive work/ in contrast to Classical Yoga, Post-Classical Yoga affirms the ultimate unity of everything. This is the core teaching of Vedanta, the philosophical system based on the teaching of the Upanishads.

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DEFINITIONS OF YOGA
There are various definitions, which give an overall idea of yoga:
YOGA: When rightly understood it is the process of reuniting our finite Microcosmic individual self with the infinite, Absolute, Pure, Macrocosmic Consciousness, upgrading man into Man, Superman, Godman and ultimately to Godhood. (In between the two lies the immense range of possibilities covering all aspects of man’s aspirations and efforts to elevate him into something nobler and more wholesome.
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is that extraordinary, exemplary uniquely Indian technique, helping man to develop a deep awareness of him of every vibration and pulsation within, at the body, mind and intellect levels, by virtue of which he can master the forces internal and external.
- Can help man, to transform man’s life into what it should be enrichment with truth
- .Links up man with the laws operating at the cosmic level, draws him away from the mundane and the binding, resulting in freedom and release from sorrows and misery.

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CONCEPT YOGA
Yoga is an ancient discipline. It is recognized as one of the most important and valuable gifts of our culture. The modern era, with the development of science and technology provides man more comforts for his basic necessities. But with these comforts man faces lot of problems, which cannot be solved only by the above facilities. Today the world is looking for solutions to solve the menacing problems of unhappiness, restlessness, emotional imbalance, hyper activity, tension, stress, etc.
Now the time has come to think of a change in attitude and take a new dimension to solve the problems. There is the importance of YOGA and SPIRITUAL lore. Yoga is the gift of our Rishi culture, is a science and art of pure life style. Yoga offers man a conscious process to solve his problems. Yoga helps the man to evoke the hidden potentialities of man in a systematic and scientific way by which man becomes a fuller individual.
ALL HIS FACULTIES-Physical. Mental. Intellectual and emotional-develop in a harmonious and integrated fashion to meet the all-round challenge at the modern technological era, with its hectic speed. The specialty of the yogic processes is that the faculties get sharpened in tune with the spiritual progress of man.

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