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What is Yoga?
The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj" meaning to unite, join, harness, contact, or connect. Therefore, Yoga means union, joining, harnessing, contact or connection. It is the unison between the individual self and the universal self. It is the fusion of the healthy body with a disciplined mind for the purpose of.....read more The objectives of Yoga can be interpreted in a physical, psychological, and spiritual sense, but they deal with body, mind and soul. The physical interpretation applies to the preliminary objective of Yoga, the psychological interpretation embraces the intermediate objective, while the.... read more Indian Yogis, for millennia, have attained the experience of the ultimate reality; and its independent entity, the individual self; both of them being identical, eternal, imperishable, changeless, beyond the range of mind and senses, beyond time and space, and also beyond the veiling net of causality. Yogis have explored not only the visible world-which belongs to the sphere of time, space and change - but also....read more Yogic philosophy views an individual person as a whole being, which includes the mental, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual natures. Its view of an individual is much broader than any of other philosophy, because it sees people both within and without the limits of time and space. It regards one's entire being and not just one or....read more Related Links
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Yoga News
Yoga continues to attract many in the United States, with practitioners not only learning the discipline but
also combining Yogic exercises with the oriental martial arts and conventional exercises, calling it 'fusion yoga'.
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Did you know that Yoga is a gift from the Sages?
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