International Jyoti-Yog Day
First U.N. International Yoga Day is on 21st June 2015
Today sun taking path of Dakshinayana
The first full moon after Summer Solstice is known as Guru
Poornima.The first transmission of yoga by Lord Shiva, the first Guru, is said to have begun on this day. June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. This happen due to great efforts by the Honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi .Yoga, a 6,000+-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin in India, aims to transform the body and the mind.
Yoga (/ˈjoʊɡə/; Sanskrit: योग, Listen) is an Indian physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline. There is a broad variety of schools, practices and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism (including Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhism) and Jainism. The best-known are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga.
Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness within yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting and performing Yog on International Yoga Day. Oga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being. Check URL http://mea.gov.in/idy.htm
This Blog is about the umbrella term yoga which includes religion, philosophy, and practices. For one of the six Hindu philosophy schools, see Rāja yoga. For the popular yoga that explains and emphasizes the physical practices or disciplines, see Hatha Yoga.
The origins of Yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions, but most likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, in ancient India's ascetic circles, which are also credited with the early sramana movements.The chronology of earliest texts describing yoga-practices is unclear, varyingly credited to Hindu Upanishads and Buddhist Pāli Canon,probably of third century BCE or later. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali from first half of 1st millennium CE is one of a key surviving major texts on Yoga. Hatha yoga texts emerged around 11th century CE, and in its origins was related to Tantrism.
Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise, it has a meditative and spiritual core. One of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism is also called Yoga, which has its own epistemology and metaphysics, and is closely related to Hindu Samkhya philosophy.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is considered as a
central text of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy,
योग:
चित्त-वृत्ति निरोध:(yogaḥ citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ)
- Yoga Sutras 1.2
A dynamic, physically and spiritually energizing practice, it improves strength, flexibility and toning, decreases stress levels and enhances body awareness… feel the purifying power of your sweat!
"Yoga has five principal
meanings.
- Yoga as a disciplined method for attaining a goal;
- Yoga as techniques of controlling the body and the mind;
- Yoga as a name of one of the schools or systems of philosophy (darśana);
- Yoga in connection with other words, such as "hatha-, mantra-, and laya-," referring to traditions specialising in particular techniques of yoga;
- Yoga as the goal of Yoga practice.
Ashtanga Yoga
:The eight limbs of Yoga
Patanjali's writing also became the
basis for a system referred to as "Ashtanga
Yoga" ("Eight-Limbed Yoga"). This eight-limbed concept
is derived from the 29th Sutra of the Book 2 of Yoga Sutras. Yoga
consists of the following limbs as prescribed by Patanjali: The first five are
called external aids to Yoga (bahiranga sadhana).
They are:
- 1) Yama refers to the five abstentions: how we relate to the external world.
·
Ahimsa: nonviolence, inflicting no injury or harm to others or even to one's
own self, it goes as far as nonviolence in thought, word and deed.
·
Asteya: non-covetousness, to the extent that one should not even
desire something that is one's own; non-stealing.
·
Brahmacharya:
abstinence, particularly in the case of sexual activity. Also, responsible
behavior with respect to our goal of moving toward the truth. It suggests that
we should form relationships that foster our understanding of the highest
truths. "Practicing brahmacharya means that we use our sexual energy to
regenerate our connection to our spiritual self. It also means that we don’t
use this energy in any way that might harm others.”[
- 2) Niyama refers to the five observances: how we relate to ourselves, the inner world.
·
Svādhyāya:
study of the Vedic scriptures to know about God and the soul, which leads to
introspection on a greater awakening to the soul and God within,
- 3) Asana: Discipline of the body: rules and postures to keep it disease-free and for preserving vital energy. Correct postures are a physical aid to meditation, for they control the limbs and nervous system and prevent them from producing disturbances.
- 4) Pranayama: control of life force energies. Beneficial to health, steadies the body and is highly conducive to the concentration of the mind.
- 5) Pratyahara: withdrawal of senses from their external objects.
The last three levels are called
internal aids to Yoga (antaranga sadhana)
- 6) Dharana: concentration of the Chitta upon a physical object, such as a flame of a lamp, the midpoint of the eyebrows, or the image of a deity.
- 7) Dhyana: steadfast meditation. Undisturbed flow of thought around the object of meditation (pratyayaikatanata). The act of meditation and the object of meditation remain distinct and separate.
- 8) Samadhi: oneness with the object of meditation. There is no distinction between act of meditation and the object of meditation. Samadhi is of two kinds, with and without support of an object of meditation:
- Samprajnata Samadhi, also called savikalpa
samadhi and Sabija Samadhi,
meditation with support of an object.
Samprajata samadhi is associated with deliberation, reflection, bliss, and I-am-ness.
The first two associations, deliberation and reflection,
form the basis of the various types of samapatti:
·
Savitarka, "deliberative": The citta is concentrated upon a
gross object of meditation, an object with a manifest appearance that is
perceptible to our senses, such as a flame of a lamp, the tip of the nose, or
the image of a deity.[citation needed]
Conceptualization (vikalpa) still takes place, in the form of
perception, the word and the knowledge of the object of meditation. When the
deliberation is ended this is called nirvitaka samadhi.
·
Savichara, "reflective": the citta is concentrated upon a
subtle object of meditation, which is not percpetible to the senses, but
arrived at through interference, such as the senses, the process of cognition,
the mind, the I-am-ness, the chakras, the inner-breath (prana), the nadis,
the intellect (buddhi). The stilling of reflection is called nirvichara
samapatti.
The last two associations, sananda samadhi and sasmita,
are respectively a state of meditation, and an object of savichara samadhi:
·
Sananda Samadhi,
ananda. [ "bliss": this state emphasizes the
still subtler state of bliss in meditation;
·
Asamprajnata
Samadhi, also called Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Nirbija
Samadhi: meditation
without an object,[ which leads to knowledge of purusha
or consciousness, the subtlest element.
Yoga school as developed in
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and Vedanta schools are two largest surviving schools
of Hindu traditions.
The first Hindu teacher to actively advocate and disseminate aspects of yoga to a western audience, Swami Vivekananda, toured Europe and the United States in the 1890s.
Yoga has become a universal language of spiritual exercise in the United States, crossing many lines of religion and cultures,... Every day, millions of people practice yoga to improve their health and overall well-being. T
Take your health and wellbeing to the next level with this intense, challenging and powerful practice. The carefully constructed sequence combined with the heat rejuvenates and heals muscles, ligaments, tendons, glands and organs. The practice of holding asanas followed by savasana builds incredible mental strength, discipline, determination and stamina. Yoga is a great complement for any physical activity and can suit anybody who is looking to reduce stress, breathe more fully and have a greater sense of freedom and being alive!
Long-term yoga users in the United States have reported musculoskeletal and mental health improvements, as well as reduced symptoms of asthma in asthmatics. There is evidence to suggest that regular yoga practice increases brain GABA levels, and yoga has been shown to improve mood and anxiety more than some other metabolically-matched exercises, such as walking. The three main focuses of Hatha yoga (exercise, breathing, and meditation) make it beneficial to those suffering from heart disease. Overall, studies of the effects of yoga on heart disease suggest that yoga may reduce high blood-pressure, improve symptoms of heart failure, enhance cardiac rehabilitation, and lower cardiovascular risk factors.For chronic low back pain.
Yoga is used for treatment of cancer patients to decrease depression, insomnia, pain, and fatigue and to increase anxiety control. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs include yoga as a mind-body technique to reduce stress. A study found that after seven weeks the group treated with yoga reported significantly less mood disturbance and reduced stress compared to the control group. Another study found that MBSR had showed positive effects on sleep anxiety, quality of life, and spiritual growth in cancer patients.[224]
Practicing yoga in the heat not only increases your flexibility but purifies the body through the skin via sweat, detoxifying muscles and organs. It will also ramp up your metabolism and ignite your energy. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, a calm mind and other side effects such as relieving aches and pains, helping with injury recovery and longer leaner muscles. Addiction is expected but not compulsory!
Nutrition and yoga go hand in hand and so our juice bar is stocked with fresh ingredients to pump those nutrients back into your detox body to almost instantly feed nourishment to every cell and support your recovery.
Note:- A small percentage of yoga practitioners each year suffer physical injuries analogous to sports injuries; therefore, caution and common sense are recommended. Yoga has been criticized for being potentially dangerous and being a cause for a range of serious medical conditions including thoracic outlet syndrome, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, spinal stenosis, retinal tears, damage to the common fibular nerve,
Some yoga practitioners do not recommend certain yoga exercises for women during menstruation, for pregnant women, or for nursing mothers. However, meditation, breathing exercises, and certain postures which are safe and beneficial for women in these categories are encouraged.
Your life is eternal—your essential Self was never born and will not die. This eternal Self is indestructible and it is the life of all. Do not be afraid to live and live fully. Your life is divinely supported.
Meditation
The practice of superconscious meditation in the spiritual life is much like
the process of digging a well for water that is so freely available and
abundant. It teaches us how to awaken to the spiritual presence that is always
there and is the real foundation of our existence. As we consciously dig,
deeply contacting the spiritual depths of our own Being and inviting that
presence into our daily life, it begins to bless us, to flower, and to bear the
fruit of peace and harmony in all our affairs.Let us meditate on the inner light of pure awareness. With each breath experience waves of joy moving through you until you reach the shore of absolute stillness. Behold the dawn of supernal peace arising within you.
Your instruction in the basic philosophy and practice of meditation, including how to begin and maintain a regular practice. One should address posture, breath, the nature of the mind, how to deal with distractions, and the devotional aspect of the practice.
Asana are one part of YOG out of Ashtanga
Yoga :The eight limbs of Yoga
Asana:
Discipline of the body: rules and postures to keep it disease-free and for
preserving vital energy. Correct postures are a physical aid to meditation, for
they control the limbs and nervous system and prevent them from producing
disturbances.
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SURYA NAMSKAR
सूर्यनमस्कार
सूर्य
नमस्कार का सरल अर्थ
है 'सूर्य को
प्रणाम। वैदिक युग के
प्रबुद्ध ऋषियों द्वारा सूर्य
नमस्कार की परम्परा हमें
प्राप्त हुर्इ है। सूर्य
आध्यातिमक चेतना का प्रतीक
है। प्राचीन काल
में दैनिक सूर्योपासना का
विधान नित्य-कर्म
के रूप में
था। योग में
सूर्य का प्रतिनिधित्व पिंगला
अथवा सूर्य नाड़ी
द्वारा होता है।
सूर्य नाड़ी प्राण-वाहिका है, जो
जीवनी-शä कि
वहन करती है।
गतिशील आसनों का यह समूह हठयोग का पारम्परिक अंग नहीं माना जाता है, क्योंकि कालान्तर में मौलिक आसनों की श्रृंखला में इन्हें समिमलित किया गया था। यह शरीर के सभी जोड़ों एवं मांसपेशियों को ढीला करने तथा उनमें खिंचाव लाने और आंतरिक अंगों की मालिश करने का एक प्रभावी ढंग है। इसकी बहुमुखी गुणवत्ता और उपयोगिता ने एक स्वस्थ, ओजस्वी और सक्रिय जीवन के लिए तथा साथ-ही आध्यातिमक जागरण और चेतना के विकास के लिए एक अत्यन्त उपयोगी पद्धति के रूप में इसे स्थापित किया है।
गतिशील आसनों का यह समूह हठयोग का पारम्परिक अंग नहीं माना जाता है, क्योंकि कालान्तर में मौलिक आसनों की श्रृंखला में इन्हें समिमलित किया गया था। यह शरीर के सभी जोड़ों एवं मांसपेशियों को ढीला करने तथा उनमें खिंचाव लाने और आंतरिक अंगों की मालिश करने का एक प्रभावी ढंग है। इसकी बहुमुखी गुणवत्ता और उपयोगिता ने एक स्वस्थ, ओजस्वी और सक्रिय जीवन के लिए तथा साथ-ही आध्यातिमक जागरण और चेतना के विकास के लिए एक अत्यन्त उपयोगी पद्धति के रूप में इसे स्थापित किया है।
Suryanmaskar
Simple sun salutation means "the Sun album. Vedic tradition of the enlightened sages of sun salutation we receive is here. The Sun is a symbol of adhyatimak consciousness. In ancient times daily as a continual suppression of legislation-was karma. The sum represents the Sun by Sun tamor pingla or pulse. Sun pulse Pran-biography-vessel, which carries ä that sh.
Dynamic rugs of this group are not considered part of traditional Hatha Yoga, a series of original rugs in them because cantarella was samimlit. It's all body joints and muscles to loosen and stretch and massage the internal organs is an effectively. Its versatile quality and utility has a healthy, dynamic and active life and awakening and consciousness-only with adhyatimak development is a very useful method as it is installed.
Simple sun salutation means "the Sun album. Vedic tradition of the enlightened sages of sun salutation we receive is here. The Sun is a symbol of adhyatimak consciousness. In ancient times daily as a continual suppression of legislation-was karma. The sum represents the Sun by Sun tamor pingla or pulse. Sun pulse Pran-biography-vessel, which carries ä that sh.
Dynamic rugs of this group are not considered part of traditional Hatha Yoga, a series of original rugs in them because cantarella was samimlit. It's all body joints and muscles to loosen and stretch and massage the internal organs is an effectively. Its versatile quality and utility has a healthy, dynamic and active life and awakening and consciousness-only with adhyatimak development is a very useful method as it is installed.
HARI OM TAT SAT
