Intro to Yoga

The adepts of the ideological movement, as well as the persons who practice yoga, are happy to describe the marvelous control of their body and the magic they feel when carrying out certain yoga exercises.

The ideology promoted by yoga activists states the fact that profound liberation from the strict limitations imposed by flesh, together with emancipation from the delusions of sense, can be easily achieved through the rituals promoted by this classic system of Hindu philosophy.

People who practice yoga are called yogi and, for most of them, the supreme object of knowledge is the universal spirit Brahma. However, the number of yogi all over the world has increased so much, that we can identify various groups, who have different types of believes. Thus, there are minorities of yoga practitioners who do not believe in God, or in any other supreme powers, but seek to perfect self-knowledge. Nevertheless, the ideal goal of all yoga practices is finding the way miracles work, clairvoyance, etc.

In what concerns the history of the doctrines and practices of yoga, they go back in time, from the period of Upanishads. The founder of yoga, Patañjali, elaborated a book, entitled Yoga Sutra, where he presents most of the practices, together with the philosophical foundation of the movement. Studies demonstrate that Patañjali derived the doctrine for his ideological movement from Samkhya, which is the oldest of the existing classic systems of Hindu philosophy.

If referred to as a system of practice, yoga has developed over the ages the condition of being a very influential feature of Hinduism. The reason why this philosophical movement exercised such an incredible power on the Hindus is mainly related to the wonders attribute to it, as well as to the fact that it promotes the carrying out of austerities, to which Hindus are strongly inclined. Moreover, the same strong Yoga influences can be noted in Buddhism practices, which is one of the religions famous for its spiritual exercises and trances states.

Gradually, knowledge of yoga practices and ideology spread towards the West, where more and more people seemed to be eager and fascinated to learn more about it. Famous philosophers, from various countries of the world and having rather different philosophical believes expressed their interest in analyzing the incredibly overwhelming states of mind and body one can experience, after periodically practicing yoga.

More than a simple philosophical movement, yoga has slowly turned into a movement having different applications in various areas of activity. Hence, doctors have started, during the last decades, to prescribe yoga treatments as ways of gaining back the inner equilibrium and peace. Other specialists, such as fitness experts, for example, encourage their students to perform yoga exercises both before and after physical efforts, as a mean of cleaning the body of impurities, of helping the nerves and muscles get toned up and, in general, of creating a state of health and well being that contributes to prolonging human life.

To sum up, yoga practices have become more and more common in various regions of the world and have gained people's respect and appreciation, due to their incredible benefits.

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