Introduction to Yoga

"yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow."

                                                                                          Swami Satyananda Saraswati

  • Yoga is the science of right living and, as such, is intended to be incorporated in daily life. It works on all aspects of the person : the physical, vital, mental emotional, psychic and spirtitual.
  • Animal postures
  • Yogasanas and prana
  • Yogasanas and kundalini
  • Yogasanas and the body-mind connection

Animal postures

 Many of the yogasanas described in this book are named after and reflect the movements of animals. Thorough observation , the rishis understood how animals live in harmony with their environment and with their own bodies. They understood, through experience , the effects of a particular posture and how the hormonal secretions could be stimulated and controlled by it

Yogasanas and prana 

 Prana, vital energy, which corresponds to ki or chi in chinese medicine, pervades the whole body, following flow patterns, called nadis, which are responsibile for maintaining all individual cellular  activity.




Yogasanas and kundalini 

 Hatha yoga, therefore, not only strengthens the body and improves health, but also activates and awakens the higher centres responsible for the evolution of human consciousness.


Yogasanas and the body-mind connection

 The mind and body are not separate, although there is a tendency to think and act as though they are. The gross form of the mind is the body and the subtle form of the body is the mind. The practice of asana integrates and harmonizes the two. Both the body and the mind harbour tensions or Knots. Every mental Knot has a corresponding Physical, muscular knot and vice versa.


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