- On: 27 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
The word "yoga" derives from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke"); which is cognate to modern English "yoke", "jugal" and "jugum" in Latin. All derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeug- meaning "to join" or "unite".
- On: 09 November 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Be aware about your body – just what your body does without any conscious effort. It’s running your respiratory, circulatory, and nervous and other vital systems.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Tnahata Yoga is a meditative hatha yoga developed by Ana Costa. It was registered with the Yoga Alliance in 2002. More than 90 teachers have received certification since then.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Yoga when used as a form of alternative medicine is a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, practiced for over 5,000 years.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Sahaja Yoga (Sahaja meaning born with and Yoga meaning union) is a type of meditation, religion and yoga. It claims to be a unique method of meditation based on an experience called self-realization (Kundalini awakening) that is believed to occur within each human being.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya. Paramahansa Yogananda brought it into widespread public awareness through his book Autobiography of a Yogi.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
Integral yoga or purna yoga (Sanskrit for full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindo's teachings to the union of all the parts of one's being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence.
- On: 28 October 2006
- In: Yoga
- By: Soulnpeace
The term ashtanga means eight limbs. Within Raja Yoga, a classical Indian system of Hindu philosophy, the eight limbs of yoga are expounded by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras.