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Definition
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From
Wikipedia
Yoga
(Sanskrit) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines
originating in India; to the goal achieved by those disciplines;
and to one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hindu philosophy.
Major
branches of yoga include Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti
Yoga, and Hatha Yoga. Raja Yoga, compiled in the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali, and known simply as yoga in the context of Hindu philosophy,
is part of the Samkhya tradition. Many other Hindu texts discuss
aspects of yoga, including the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita,
the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita and various Tantras.
The
Sanskrit word yoga has many meanings, and is derived from the Sanskrit
root yuj, meaning "to control", "to yoke" or
"to unite". Translations include "joining",
"uniting", "union", "conjunction",
and "means". Outside India, the term yoga is typically
associated with Hatha Yoga and its asanas (postures) or as a form
of exercise. An accomplished practitioner of Yoga is called a Yogi
(gender neutral) or Yogini (feminine form).
History
of Yoga
The
Vedic Samhitas contain references to ascetics, and ascetic practices
known as tapas, are referenced in the Brahma?as (900 B.C. and 500
B.C.), early commentaries on the Vedas. Even earlier, seals from
Mature Harappan (c. 2600–1900 B.C.) contexts depict figures
in postures suggesting "a form of ritual discipline" taken
as a "precursor of yoga" by some commentators such as
Gregory Possehl.
Techniques
for experiencing higher states of consciousness via meditation were
developed by the shramanic traditions and in the Upanishads. An
early reference to meditation is made in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad,
the earliest Upanishad (approx. 900 B.C.). The actual term "yoga"
first occurs in the Katha Upanishad. The Buddhist texts are probably
the earliest texts describing meditation techniques.
Important
textual sources for the evolving concept of Yoga are the middle
Upanishads, (ca. 400 B.C.), the Mahabharata including the Bhagavad
Gita (ca. 200 B.C.), and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (300 B.C.-200
B.C.).
Hatha
Yoga
Hatha Yoga is a particular system of Yoga described by Yogi Swatmarama,
compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika in 15th century India. Hatha
Yoga differs substantially from the Raja Yoga of Patanjali in that
it focuses on shatkarma, the purification of the physical body as
leading to the purification of the mind (ha), and prana, or vital
energy (tha). Compared to the seated asana, or sitting meditation
posture, of Patanjali's Raja yoga, it marks the development of asanas
(plural) into the full body 'postures' now in popular usage. Hatha
Yoga in its many modern variations is the style that many people
associate with the word "Yoga" today.

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