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                     YOGA- AN ANCIENT INDIAN FITNESS TECHNIQUE

Yoga  is  a  group  of  ancient  spiritual  practices   originating   in   India.  It  has  been  defined  as  referring  to "technologies or disciplines of asceticism and me ditation which are thought to lead  to  spiritual  experience  and profound understanding or insight into the nature of existence. Yoga is also intimately connected to  the religious beliefs and practices of the other Indian religions. Outside India, Yoga is mostly associated with  the  practice of asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga or as a form of exercise, although  it  has influenced  the entire Indian  religions family and other spiritual practices throughout the world. Hindu texts discussing different aspects of yoga include the  Upanishads,  the  Bhagavad  Gita,  the  Yoga  Sutras  of  Patanjali, the  Hatha  Yoga  Pradipika, the  Shiva Samhita, and many others. Yoga is not a religion. It is a secular and  scientific  methodology  of  the  experience and integration of the mind-body-spirit. It consists of a  large  body  of  varied  techniques  through  a  balanced practice of Astanga or the eight limbs of yoga. Some of the most often practiced types of Yoga are:

Hatha Yoga: the  physical  path  that  trains  the  body  to  control  the  mind  and  senses  through   asana  and pranayama.

Karma Yoga: the way of right action that propounds selfless serving without the motivation of obtaining  results of labor.

Bhakti Yoga: the way of devotion thorough devotion to a supreme being to submerge emotion and self in pure love.

Jnana Yoga: the way of knowledge through studying divinity and learning to discriminate between  illusion  and reality.

Raja Yoga: the path of meditation that controls the mind from  wandering  and  helps  to  obtain  mastery  over thought.

Tantric Yoga: the feminine path that worships the goddess of energy and sees the  body as  the  temple  of  the divine.

Kundalini Yoga: the  path  of  energy  that  arouses  the  energy  stored  in  the  chakras through breathing and movement.

                  

Yoga in other traditions

Yoga and Buddhism:- Yoga  is  intimately  connected  to  the  religious  beliefs  and  practices   of   the  Indian religions.The influence of  Yoga is also  visible  in  Buddhism, which  is  distinguished  by  its  austerities, spiritual exercises, and trance states.

Yogacara Buddhism:- Yogacara  (Sanskrit: "Practice of  Yoga (Union)", also spelled  yogachara, is  a school of philosophy and psychology that developed in India during the 4th to 5th centuries. Yogacara received  the name as it provided a yoga, a framework for engaging in the practices that lead to  the  path  of  the  bodhisattva. The Yogacara sect teaches yoga in order to reach enlightenment.

Ch`an (Zen) Buddhism:- Zen (the  name of  which derives from the Sanskrit "dhyana" via the Chinese "ch'an") is a form of Mahayana Buddhism. The Mahayana school of Buddhism is noted for its proximity with Yoga. In  the west, Zen is often set alongside Yoga; the two schools of meditation display obvious  family  resemblances. This phenomenon merits special attention since the Zen Buddhist school of meditation has some of its roots  in  yogic practices. Certain  essential  elements  of  Yoga  are  important  both  for  Buddhism  in  general  and  for Zen in particular.