THE HISTORY OF YOGA
YOGA (VUI in Sanskrit)= "UNION/YOKE"
HATCHA YOGA= union of opposites through physical practices ( great for preparation for long periods of sitting meditation)
HA= MASCULINE ; SOLAR, ENRGIZING
THA=FEMININE ; LUNAR, RELAXING
YOGA IS CHOICE OF LIFESTYLE
FREEDOM OF :
1. BREATHING
2. FEELING
3. LISTENING TO THE BODY
4.LETTING GO OFF COMPETITION
5. LETTING GO OF JUDGMENT
6. LETTING GO OF EXPECTATIONS
7 STAYING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT OF NOW
EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA
FIRST LIMB =YAMA
-Self restrain
-Focus : being ethical and moral being, improving relationships with the outside world
-Goal: developing a greater awareness of one's place in the world. During our transformation of our inner world, our outer world becomes a TOTAL REFLECTION of the effort.
5 YAMAS
1. AHIMSA=NONVIOLENCE
2. SATYA= TRUTH, TO BE EXPRESSED IN THOUGHT, WORLD AND ACTION
3. ASTEYA= NON - STEALING, NON-COVETOUSNESS
4. BRACHMACHARYA= ABSTINENCE FROM SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WHEN NOT MARRIED, PRACTICING MONOGAMY AND NOT HAVING SEXUAL THOUGHTS ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE
5. APARIGRAHA=NON -POSSESSIVENESS OR NON-GREEDINESS
SECOND LIMB =NIYAMA
SELF PURIFICATION BY SELF -RESTRAIN AND DISCIPLINE
5 NIYAMAS :
1. SCHUACH= PURIFYOF BODY AND MIND
2. SANTOSHA + CONTENTMENT WITH WHAT ONE HAS ,
3. TAPAS= SELF - DISCIPLINE , SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH AUSTERITY, AND BEING ABLE TO CONQUER THE BODY AND MIND THROUGH MENTAL CONTROL
4.SVADHYAYA=SELF STUDY THAT LEADS TO INTROPERSECTION AND A GREATER AWAKENING OF THE SOUL AND THE SOURCE OF CREATION; TRADITIONAL STUDIED THROUGH THE VERDIC SCRIPTURES.
5. ISHVARA PRANIDHARA= THE SURROUNDER TO GOD
THIRD LIMB = ASANA (SEAT OF POSTURE)
FOUR LIMB= PRANAYAMA (CONTROL OF BREATH)
FIFTH LIMB== PRATYAHARA (SENSE WITHDRAWAL)
SIXTH LIMB=DHARANA ( ONE-POINTED CONCENTRATION)
SEVENTS LIMB= DHYANA (MEDITAION)
EIGHT LIMB = SAMADHI
( TOTAL ABSORPTION)
YOGA AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRIAN INJURIES
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MANY BENEFITS AND SOME CAUTIONS OF YOGA
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