Yoga Ancient Roots

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Yoga is an ancient art, science and philosophy.  Yoga is dated more than 5000 years ago back in India.  Yoga was first codified around 200 B.C. by Sage Patanjali.  Although the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali many times are considered Hatha Yoga, Patanjali yoga is Raja Yoga, the yoga of mental processes or purely meditation.  It was around the 6th century A.D. that Hatha Yoga surge for the strengthening and purification of the physical body through the kriyas (cleasing practices of yoga) such as Pranamaya, Jal Neti (cleasing of the nostrils) etc.

The Eight principles of Yoga

Yoga has 8 limbs or principles and they are:

1. Yamas (ethical disciplines)
2.  Niyamas (internal disciplines)
3. Asanas (yoga postures)
4. Pranayama (regulation of breathing)
5. Pratyahara (turn of senses inward)
6. Dharana (Concentration)
7. Dhyana (contemplation)
8. Samadhi (stage of complete contentment)

The doorway on the path of yoga is the postures or asanas as it’s called in Sanskrit, the ancient language of yoga.

Yoga is a body, breath, mind and soul practice. It’s through the yoga asanas that the student start to get to know himself and become more connected body and mind.

When the person becomes more aware of his internal environment (your body inside and out) you become more aware of how to interact with  the external world, being aware of your place in time and space.

• Become stronger, more flexible and more conscious
• Improve your posture
• Breathe better
• Develop your spirituality
• Live better and more content