Yoga

Why should we practice this?

It help us to face the pace of life we live in

It's always good to meditate

It's also a good physical exercise

YOGA

MOST POPULAR

• Iyengar Yoga
• Anusara Yoga
• Restorative Yoga
• Jivamukti Yoga
• Prenatal Yoga

• Bikram Yoga
• Hatha Yoga
• Vinyasa Yoga
• Kundalini Yoga
• Ashtanga Yoga

TYPES OF YOGA

MEANING

VIEW

• Traditional View

PERCEPTIONS

• 8 limbs or steps to yoga:

• Modern View

False

True

DEFINITION

PRANAYAMA

SCIENCE

• Practical
• Methodical
• Systhematic

ASANAS

BREATHING EXERCISES, AND CONTROL OF PRANA

ART

NIYAMA

• Development for the body, mind, and spirit.

YAMA

BODY POSTURES

PERSONAL OBSERVANCES

UNIVERSAL MORALITY

LOWER LEVELS

• Relationships
• Senses
• Body
• Breath
• Mind

SAMADHI

DHYANA

GOAL

UNION WITH THE DIVINE

DHARANA

DEVOTION, MEDITATION ON THE DIVINE

MEDITATION

PRATYAHARA

CONCENTRATION AND CULTIVATING INNER PERCEPTUAL AWARENESS

ART

SCIENCE

CONTROL OF THE SENSES

"Meditation is like the art of the musician and the science of sound vibration."

BENEFITS

Anti-stress

Rejuvenating

Combat loneliness

Relief for asthma

ORIGIN

Focusing

Brings beauty

DOCTRINES

THE SPREAD OF YOGA

• Swami Vivekananda
• Yoga around the world

• Indus-Sarasvati civilization
• Sanskrit
• Seventh milenium B.F.

Human being: Soul (yivatman) enclosed in a body (rupa).

Fulfill physical, psychological and spiritual needs.

Health

Combat insomnia

Feminine health

Good for the heart

Postclassical yoga

Classical yoga

Vedânta

Preclassical yoga

Râja-yoga

Vedic yoga

Brâhmanas and Âranyakas

Rig-Veda

Yoga seeks to reach the integration of the soul (jiva-atman) individually with God (Brahman) or your deity (avatar). This re-union is called samadhi, through which access to liberation (moksha).

THINGS YOU NEED

A MAT TOWEL

YOUR OWN MAT

DON'T STRESS!

MECHANISM

COMFORTABLE,

BREATHABL E

CLOTHING

EXTRA LAYERS

A GOOD WATER BOTTLE

Stages of yoga practice:

Body and breath

Conscious mind

Active unconscious

Latent unconscious

Realization