Yoga is found
in ancient Indian early scripts-Vedas. Vedas was written in Sanskrit and path
to reach heaven or god.in 3rd century yoga were more common seen in Hinduism,Jainism
and Buddhism .ancient version of yoga was mostly spiritual practices. The mind was to “transcend” bodily pain or suffering in order
to reach a higher level of being the second aimed to uplift or broaden
consciousness, and the third involved using yoga as a path to transcendence.
The fourth was using yoga to enter other bodies and act supernaturally —
perhaps the strangest and most mystical one.
Yoga is more
than mastering postures and increasing your flexibility and strength. 00-1500 AD. During the medieval
era, different schools of yoga emerged. Bhakti yoga is a spiritual pathway
within Hinduism that appeared during this time, a type of yoga that focused on
living through love and devotion toward God.
Interestingly, Westerners today have
often associated “tantra” with a sexual form of
yoga, but it turns out they weren’t too far off. Some Tantric
beliefs involved yogis having sexual relations with low-caste women whom they
believed were yoginis, or women who embodied Tantric goddesses. Having sex with
them could lead these yogis to a transcendent level of consciousness. Today, gurus who go
about doing such things in their yoga or bikram classes aren’t exactly known for
their moral or spiritual prowess.
Vivekananda was responsible for bringing the Yoga Sutras more into the
light, as well. These were writings of Patanjali, comprised sometime around 400
AD to describe what he believed were the main yoga traditions of his time. The
Yoga Sutras focused mainly on removing all excess thought from the mind and
focusing on a singular thing; but they were later incorporated more heavily
than any other ancient yoga writings in modern, “corporate” yoga.
Patanjali
The dates proposed for Patañjali's birth and life
vary by a millennium. Some authorities suggest that he lived and flourished in
the 4th century BCE, while others insist that he must have lived in the 6th
century CE
Some common pose of yoga
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