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, has been celebrated annually on 21 June since 2015, following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental & spiritual practice which originated in India. #MyLifeMyYoga 
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Thank You @narendramodi Ji
, has been celebrated annually on 21 June since 2015, following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental & spiritual practice which originated in India. #MyLifeMyYoga #ThreadThank You @narendramodi Ji
The Indian Prime Minister, @narendramodi, in his #UN address suggested the date of 21st June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in many parts of the world.
#Yoga, derived from the root yuj (to yoke, to unite). A man who seeks after this union is called a yogin or yogi.
There are four main division of yoga:
Karma Yoga,
Bhakti Yoga,
Jnana Yoga &
Raja Yoga. 1/n
#YogaDay2020 #InternationalDayOfYoga #YogaDay #MyLifeMyYoga
There are four main division of yoga:
Karma Yoga,Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga & Raja Yoga. 1/n#YogaDay2020
#InternationalDayOfYoga #YogaDay #MyLifeMyYoga
#Yoga is a practical path to self-realization, a means of attaining enlightenment by purifying the entire being, so that the mind-body can experience the absolute reality underlying the illusions of everyday life.
It's one of the most famous of Hinduism's philosophical traditions, now practiced by Hindus, Christians, agnostics & atheists alike. Vedantins interpret Yoga as return of the individual atman to the Supreme. Yoga which most Westerners are familiar is #HathaYoga (bodily exercises)
The Philosophy of Yoga is called #RajaYoga (the royal path), or #Patanjala Yoga, referring to #Patanjali, the reputed author of the Yogasutras, the basic Yoga manual. Because of its close connection with the philosophical system of Sankhya, it is also known as #SankhyaYoga.
Yoga has a long history. It is an integral subjective science. The very earliest indication of the existence of some form of Yoga practices in India comes from the #Harappa culture which can be dated at least as far back as 3000 B.C.
A number of excavated seals show a figure seated in a Yoga position that has been used by the Indian Yogis for meditation till the present day. The aim of Yoga is the transformation of human beings from their natural form to a perfected form.
Yoga is a precise practical method of spiritual training which goes back to very ancient times. These methods have, of course, been progressively developed and thoroughly tried over the centuries, & are collectively known as Yoga.
Yoga is one of the many paths leading to release. It adopts numerous guises and techniques. Perhaps it is more of a praxis for salvation than a philosophy.
The upward progress of the Yogin towards the supreme end is made up of 8 stages, known in the #Sutras as #Yogangas.
The upward progress of the Yogin towards the supreme end is made up of 8 stages, known in the #Sutras as #Yogangas.
The 8 Stages of Yoga are,
Yama (moral virtue)
Niyama (rules & observances)
Asana (bodily postures)
Pranayama (control of the life force)
Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses from external world)
Dharana (memory)
Dhyana (meditation)
Samadhi (total concentration)
Yama (moral virtue)Niyama (rules & observances)Asana (bodily postures)Pranayama (control of the life force)Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses from external world)Dharana (memory)Dhyana (meditation)Samadhi (total concentration)
The other Yogangas
Pratyahara ~ the Yogin withdraws his senses from the temptations of the outside world.
Dharana ~ a true conception of things
Dhyana: meditation in one of the asanas. Without meditation nothing is possible.
Pratyahara ~ the Yogin withdraws his senses from the temptations of the outside world.Dharana ~ a true conception of thingsDhyana: meditation in one of the asanas. Without meditation nothing is possible.
Samadhi~ this is the final stage which the Yogin reaches when he has attained complete spiritual fulfillment. Without Samadhi it is impossible to know Truth.
Schools of Yoga:
#Sankhya & #Yoga are regarded as twins, the two aspects of a single discipline. Sankhya provides a basic theoretical exposition of human nature, enumerating and defining its elements, analyzing their manner of co-operation in the state of bondage (bandha), &
#Sankhya & #Yoga are regarded as twins, the two aspects of a single discipline. Sankhya provides a basic theoretical exposition of human nature, enumerating and defining its elements, analyzing their manner of co-operation in the state of bondage (bandha), &
describing their state of disentanglement or separation in release (moksha), while Yoga treats specifically of the dynamics of the process of disentanglement, & outlines practical techniques for the gaining of release, or "isolation-integration" (kaivalya).
The two systems in other words supplement each other & conduce to the identical goal. #Sankhya founded by the rishi or Sage Kapila, Sankhya offers freedom from the pain and misery of samsara.
#SankhyaYoga is the oldest among Indian systems. It's become, in one form of another, part & parcel of most major religions of India: hence we find #SankhyaYoga combined with Vaisnavism, Saivism & Saktism. Most of the Puranas contain numerous chapters on this as path to salvation
The Wheel of Yoga:
Different approaches to God-realization.
Hinduism has taken into consideration the fact that people are of diff tastes, temperaments, predilections, & bent of mind, & therefore has accepted the need for diff paths for diff individuals to suit their requirements
Different approaches to God-realization.
Hinduism has taken into consideration the fact that people are of diff tastes, temperaments, predilections, & bent of mind, & therefore has accepted the need for diff paths for diff individuals to suit their requirements
Thus four different paths have been laid down:
Jnana Yoga,
Bhakti Yoga,
Karma Yoga &
Raja Yoga.
Followers of all the four paths have the common goal of merging with the Supreme Reality.
Jnana Yoga,
Bhakti Yoga,
Karma Yoga &
Raja Yoga.
Followers of all the four paths have the common goal of merging with the Supreme Reality.
While the Jnana Yogin aims at reaching his goal by the realization of his identity with the Supreme Reality, the Bhakti Yogin surrenders his individuality at the feet of the Lord, his beloved.
The Karma Yogin realizes his goal by work unattached to the fruits thereof and the Raja Yogin soars ahead by physical and psychic control culminating in ‘merging’ through Samadhi.
#JnanaYoga~ Way of wisdom
#BhaktiYoga~ Way of exclusive devotion to God
#KarmaYoga~ Way of selfless work
#RajaYoga~ Respelendent Yoga of Spiritual Kings
#HathaYoga~ Purpose of Hatha Yoga isto transform all that which, in man, interferes with his union with the universal Being.
#BhaktiYoga~ Way of exclusive devotion to God
#KarmaYoga~ Way of selfless work
#RajaYoga~ Respelendent Yoga of Spiritual Kings
#HathaYoga~ Purpose of Hatha Yoga isto transform all that which, in man, interferes with his union with the universal Being.
Jnana Yoga ~ #JnanaYoga is monist. The aim of asceticism is to reach Knowledge & gain access to noumenal truth. The word jnana means “knowledge”, “insight,” or “wisdom”. Jnana-Yoga is virtually identical with the spiritual path of Vedanta, the tradition of nondualism.
#JnanaYoga is the path Self-realization through the exercise of understanding, or, to be more precise, the wisdom associated with discerning the Real from the unreal.
The term #Jnanayoga is first mentioned in the #BhagavadGita, where Shri Krishna declares to his pupil Prince Arjuna: “Of yore I proclaimed a twofold way of life in this world, o guileless Arjuna - Jnana Yoga for the samkhyas and Karma Yoga for the yogins.” (Ch III Ver 3).
#JnanaYoga represents the knowledge of the self. Self is present everywhere & all bodies are perishable but self never perishes. It never dies though body is killed. The Yoga of knowledge represents knowledge of self & the self is eternal, omnipresent, imperishable & omniscient.
#JnanaYoga is the most arduous way, reserved for an elite & in it the Yogin must go beyond the plane of Maya. It leads to an integration thro' knowledge.
Also, there is dhyana yoga. #Sanskrit dhyana becomes Ch’an in Chinese, #Thom in Vietnamese, Son in Korean, #Zen in Japanese.
Also, there is dhyana yoga. #Sanskrit dhyana becomes Ch’an in Chinese, #Thom in Vietnamese, Son in Korean, #Zen in Japanese.
#BhaktiYoga ~ The supreme devotion towards God. Bhakti is intense attachment to God who is the Indweller in all beings, who is the support, solace for all beings. Bhakti yoga is integration through love/ devotion. It teaches the rules of love, for it's the science of higher love.
It teaches how to direct and use love and how to give it a new object, how to obtain from it the highest and most glorious result, which is the acquisition of spiritual felicity. The Bhakti Yoga, does not say “abandon” but only love, love the Most High”.
#KarmaYoga means the discipline of action or integration through activity. #Karma Yoga is the Yoga of self-surrendered action. Even an inanimate object such as a rock has movement.
Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. Karma Yoga is the Yoga of action which purifies the heart & prepares the heart & mind for the reception of Divine Light or the attainment of Knowledge of the Self. But this has to be done without attachment or egoism.
The karma yoga of the #Gita is a unique philosophy of action & it declares that nature has given the right of action to man only & the right of the result of action is under the authority of nature.
Shri Krishna says to Arjuna during #Kurukshetra war..
Action without attachment is #Yoga
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि संग त्यक्त्वा धनंजय ।
सिद्धयसिद्धयोः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.48 https://twitter.com/mayamadhava/status/1025933555606536193
Action without attachment is #Yoga
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि संग त्यक्त्वा धनंजय ।
सिद्धयसिद्धयोः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.48 https://twitter.com/mayamadhava/status/1025933555606536193
#RajaYoga ~ This refers to the Yoga system of Sage #Patanjali, is commonly used to distinguish Patanjali’s eight-fold path of meditative introversion from #HathaYoga.
Psycho-physical practices for mind cure have been part of Hindu medical science in the ancient times & no wonder Dr. Freud and other modern psychologists are just the beginners in the field discovering the age ~ old science.
Sri Aurobindo observed: “Indian yoga is experimental psychology. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the Upanishads ~ these and the Saiva Siddhanta treatises ~ furnish pioneering examples of experimental psychology.”
“In Indian psychology they proceed from the basis of the supremacy of mind over matter and postulate Atman as the ultimate Reality of the universe unification with which is the basic purpose of this yoga.”
Swami #Vivekananda was the foremost disciple of Ramakrishna & a world spokesperson for #Vedanta. India’s first spiritual & cultural ambassador to the west, said “The science of #RajaYoga proposes to lay down before humanity a practical & scientific method for reaching the truth”
All branches of yoga have one thing in common, they are concerned with a state of being, or consciousness. “ #Yoga is ecstasy” says Vyasa’s Yoga-bhashya” https://mightykrishna.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/the-wheel-of-yoga/
The #Yogi masters were right – breathing exercises can sharpen your mind.
#Pranayama #Yoga #YogaJournal
It has long been claimed by Yogis that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our ability to focus on tasks.
https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/the-yogi-masters-were-right-breathing-exercises-can-sharpen-your-mind/8917/
#Pranayama #Yoga #YogaJournal
It has long been claimed by Yogis that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our ability to focus on tasks.
https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/the-yogi-masters-were-right-breathing-exercises-can-sharpen-your-mind/8917/
Dvau-bhuja-karnam ( #தோப்புக்கரணம்) - Super Brain Yoga.
~ Practicing this energizes & activates the brain power by synchronizing Alpha brain waves.
~ Improves creativity & helps to decrease #stress by increasing calmness.
#YogaDay #InternationalDayOfYoga2020 #MyLifeMyYoga
~ Practicing this energizes & activates the brain power by synchronizing Alpha brain waves.
~ Improves creativity & helps to decrease #stress by increasing calmness.
#YogaDay
#InternationalDayOfYoga2020 #MyLifeMyYoga
Ashtanga #Namaskara is a #posture where the body is balanced on eight points of contact with the floor: feet, knees, chest, chin & hands.
The name comes from the #Sanskrit words ashta, meaning “eight,” anga, meaning “part” or “limb”, and #namaskar, meaning “bowing” or “greeting.
The name comes from the #Sanskrit words ashta, meaning “eight,” anga, meaning “part” or “limb”, and #namaskar, meaning “bowing” or “greeting.
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