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| ABOUT YOGA | |
History of Yoga:
The
word, Yoga, is derived from Sanskrit, one of the world's most ancient
languages. In its simplicity, Yoga means: "A bringing together of the
parts in order to create a union or balance of a person's body, mind, and
spirit." Our contemporary western concept of Yoga has little, if anything,
to do with anyone's religion or belief system. However, it must be said
that our contemporary western approach to yoga is but a small part of the
original "Yoga" that developed thousands of years ago in India, and is
still being taught throughout the world.
It is
said that many thousands of years ago in India, various orders of high
Hindu priests developed parallel concepts of Yoga. They were ascetics,
living a strict and disciplined lifestyle. Through the millennia and
particularly in the south of India, the "yogis" as they were known, were
vegetarians, wore minimal clothing, and lived literally close to the earth
learning directly from nature.
In addition to their many other disciplined
and spiritual practices, these spiritual ancients observed that in nature,
the bodies of animals were almost always perfectly balanced. They
exhibited profound flexibility, strength and endurance and were always
living in balance with their environment. Yoga implies a constant search
for harmony and balance at all levels of the self. Tat Sat.
Why practice Yoga?
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