From which language do we get the word 'yoga'?
"exploration of the four central texts of yoga as well as to the study of the Sanskrit language in which they were first written. The four texts are the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"", the ""Hatha Yoga Pradipika"", the ""Bhagavad Gita"", and the Upanishads. Bhakti, literally ""devotion to God"", is the practice of devotion and humility. Jivamukti Yoga holds that ""God-realization"" is the goal of yoga practice, and that it does not matter to what form of God one's love and devotion is directed; what matters is that the devotion should be directed to something higher than one's own self or"
"Yoga Yoga (; ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term ""yoga"" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, which includes the physical practice of postures called asanas. The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions; it is mentioned in the Rigveda, but most likely developed around the sixth"
"of yoga, starting with the syllable Om. According to ""Yogatattva Upanishad"", ""jnana (knowledge) without yoga cannot secure moksha (emancipation, salvation), nor can yoga without knowledge secure moksha"", and that ""those who seek emancipation should pursue both yoga and knowledge"". ""Yoga"" (from the Sanskrit root """") means ""to add"", ""to join"", ""to unite"", or ""to attach"" in its most common literal sense. According to Dasgupta – a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy, the term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, ""yujir yoga"" (to yoke) or ""yuj samādhau"" (to concentrate). Yogatattva is compound word of ""Yoga"" and 'tattva', the"
"Pāṇini, the term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, ""yujir yoga"" (to yoke) or ""yuj samādhau"" (""to concentrate""). In the context of the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"", the root ""yuj samādhau"" (to concentrate) is considered by traditional commentators as the correct etymology. In accordance with Pāṇini, Vyasa who wrote the first commentary on the ""Yoga Sutras"", states that yoga means ""samādhi"" (concentration). According to Dasgupta, the term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, ""yujir yoga"" (""to yoke"") or ""yuj samādhau"" (""to concentrate""). Someone who practices yoga or follows the yoga philosophy with a high"
"class of northeastern India [Bihar] – being rooted in the same subsoil of archaic metaphysical speculation as Yoga, Sankhya, and Buddhism, the other non-Vedic Indian systems."" The first use of the root of word ""yoga"" is in hymn 5.81.1 of the Rig Veda, a dedication to rising Sun-god in the morning (Savitri), where it has been interpreted as ""yoke"" or ""yogically control"". The earliest evidence of Yogis and Yoga tradition is found in the Keśin hymn 10.136 of the Rigveda, states Karel Werner. Rigveda, however, does not describe yoga and there is little evidence as to what the practices were."
"to have beneficial effects in terms of flexibility, strength, and balance; to reduce stress and conditions related to it; and to have specific benefits for some diseases such as asthma and diabetes. Asana is derived from ""āsana"" ""sitting down"" (from आस ""ās"" ""to sit down""), a sitting posture, a seat. The word was first used in English to mean a yoga posture in 1834. Yoga originated in India. In his ""Yoga Sutras"", Patanjali describes asana practice as the third of the eight limbs (Sanskrit अष्टांग, ""ashtanga"", from asht, eight, and anga, limb) of classical, or raja yoga. The eight limbs"
"disciplines which originated in ancient India. The term ""Yoga"" has been applied to a variety of practices and methods. In Hinduism these include Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Laya Yoga and Hatha Yoga. The term ""Rāja yoga"" originally referred to the ultimate goal of yoga, which is Samadhi (Sanskrit: , ), but was popularised by Swami Vivekananda as the common name for ""Ashtanga Yoga"". In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, ""Samadhi"" is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. ""Aum"" or ""Oṃ"" (Devanagari: ), , is a sacred sound and a spiritual symbol in Hinduism,"
"training school and retreat center. The bill passed in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. Yoga (Sanskrit: ) is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace. The term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, ""yujir yoga"" (to yoke) or ""yuj samādhau"" (to concentrate). According to Yoga-Yajnavalkya, Yoga is the union of the individual psyche with the transcendental self. In the 1980s, yoga became popular as a system of physical exercise across the Western world. This"
"Yogi A yogi (sometimes spelled jogi) is a practitioner of yoga. In Vedic Sanskrit, yoga (from the root ""yuj"") means ""to add"", ""to join"", ""to unite"", or ""to attach"" in its most common literal sense, whereas in recent days, especially in the West, yoga often means only the physical exercises of hatha yoga, the asanas. The term ""yogi"" is used broadly to refer to sannyasi or practitioners of meditation in a number of Indian religions. The feminine form is ""yogini"", but is not always used, especially in the West. ""Yogi"", or ""jogi"", since the 12th century CE, while meaning those"
"into yogic asanas. Early Samhitas also contain references to other group ascetics such as munis, the keśin, and vratyas. Techniques for controlling breath and vital energies are mentioned in the Brahmanas (texts of the Vedic corpus, c. 1000–800 BCE) and the ""Atharvaveda"". Nasadiya Sukta of the ""Rig Veda"" suggests the presence of an early contemplative tradition. Yoga concepts begin to emerge in the texts of c. 500–200 BCE such as the Pali Canon, the middle Upanishads, the ""Bhagavad Gita"" and ""Shanti Parva"" of the ""Mahabharata"". The first known appearance of the word ""yoga"", with the same meaning as the modern"
"Yoga as exercise Yoga as exercise is a modern exercise practice influenced by hatha yoga. It involves holding stretches as a kind of low-impact physical exercise, and is often used for therapeutic purposes. Yoga in this sense often occurs in a class and may involve meditation, imagery, breath work and music. Yoga has roots in India. The foundational text for yoga is the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"". Yoga came to the attention of the western public in the mid 19th century along with other topics of Hindu philosophy. The first Hindu teacher to actively advocate and disseminate aspects of yoga"
"is yoga, but many others exist. Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices which originated in modern-day India before 500 BCE. The ultimate goals of yoga are spiritual, and yoga practice generally involves physically assuming and moving through codified asanas or body positions. Yoga physiology describes a system of interconnected bodies, having different but interrelated physical and spiritual properties. The concept of energy flow through corporal channels reappears in other somatic forms, including contact improvisation and Qigong. Qigong and tai chi are traditional Chinese movement practices that can serve to support somatic practice. They typically involve moving"
"as yoga, Qigong, and Tao Yin. Dating back to around the fourth century C.E., Yogācāra (literally ""yoga practice"") is one of the two main philosophical systems that underlies Zen, and includes the Lankavatara Sutra mentioned above. It contains a sophisticated psychology of awakening and emphasises the practice of mindfulness. This mindfulness leads not to an experience but to a total shift in the way we relate to all experiences. This shift is referred to in the Yogācāra tradition as parāvṛtti, ""turning around”. There are three terms in contemporary Japan used to describe yoga-style movement work: do-in (from the Chinese Tao"
"written some time after 100 BCE, and means ""yoke"", with the idea that one's individual atman, or soul, would yoke or bind with the monistic entity that underlies everything (brahman). Yoga in Hinduism also known as being 'complex', based on yoking (integrating). Yoga defines a specific process: it has an emphasis on knowledge and practice, as well as being known to be 'mature' and difficult. The most basic meaning of this Sanskrit term is with technique. The technique of the different forms of yoga is what makes the practice meaningful. Yoga is not an easy or simple practice, viyoga is"
"name for Ashtanga Yoga, the eight limbs to be practised to attain samadhi, as described in the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"". Yoga is considered as a philosophical school in Hinduism. Yoga, in this context, is one of the six ""āstika"" schools of Hinduism (those which accept the Vedas as source of knowledge). Due to the influence of Vivekananda, the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"" have since the 20th century been considered the foundational scripture of classical yoga. Before then, other works such as the ""Bhagavad Gita"" and the ""Yoga Vasistha"" were considered the most central, while Tantric Yoga and Hatha Yoga"
"life fruits (विपाक, ""vipâka""), and one's psychological dispositions or intentions (आशय, ashaya). The most studied ancient and medieval era texts of the Yoga school of philosophy include those by Patanjali, Bhaskara, Haribhadra (Jaina scholar), Bhoja, and Hemachandra. References to the teachings of the Yoga school of Hinduism abound in ancient Indian texts of other orthodox schools of Hinduism, for example, verse 5.2.17 of Vaisheshika Sutra by Kanada, belonging to the Vaisheshika school of Hinduism and dated to be from the 1st millennium BCE, states The Nyāya Sūtras by Akshapada variously dated to be from 4th to 2nd century BCE, and"
"opposing forces. The first occurrence of the term 'hatha yoga' is in fact found in the Buddhist Guhyasamāja tantra dating from the 8th century. Yantra yoga (or Trul khor) is the Tibetan Buddhist parallel to the Hindu or Vedic Hatha yoga tradition. The discipline includes similar body postures (asanas) and pranayama practices, and includes mantra practice and visualisations. Originating with the mahasiddhas of India, it was brought to Tibet in the eighth century by the great master Padmasambhava and transmitted to the Tibetan Dzogchen master Vairochana. Its practice is nowadays found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. With the revival"
"and Atiyoga. Zen, the name of which derives from the Sanskrit ""dhyāna"" via the Chinese ""ch'an"" is a form of Mahayana Buddhism. Yoga practices integrally exist within the Zen Buddhist school. Certain essential elements of yoga are important both for Buddhism in general and for Zen in particular. The earliest references to hatha yoga are in Buddhist works dating from the eighth century. The earliest definition of hatha yoga is found in the 11th century Buddhist text ""Vimalaprabha"", which defines it in relation to the center channel, bindu etc. Hatha yoga synthesizes elements of Patanjali's ""Yoga Sutras"" with posture and"
"word 'Sahaja' in Sanskrit has two components: 'Saha' meaning 'with you' and 'ja' meaning 'born'. ""A Dictionary of Buddhism"" gives the literal translation of Sahaja as ""innate"" and defines it as ""denoting the natural presence of enlightenment (bodhi) or purity."" and Yoga means ""union"" or ""yoking"" and refers to a spiritual path or a state of spiritual absorption. According to a book published by the movement, Sahaja Yoga means ""spontaneous"" and ""born with you"" meaning that the kundalini is born within us and can be awakened spontaneously, without effort. The term 'Sahaja Yoga' goes back at least to the 15th"
"first two are discussed above. The Sanskrit word Yoga means ""union, joining, attachment"", but in astronomical context, this word means latitudinal and longitudinal information. The longitude of the sun and the longitude of the moon are added, and normalised to a value ranging between 0° to 360° (if greater than 360, one subtracts 360). This sum is divided into 27 parts. Each part will now equal 800' (where ' is the symbol of the arcminute which means 1/60 of a degree). These parts are called the ""yogas"". They are labelled: Again, minor variations may exist. The ""yoga"" that is active"
"Specifically, yoga is one of the six ""āstika"" (""orthodox"") schools of Hindu philosophy. It is based on the ""Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali"". Various traditions of yoga are found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Pre–philosophical speculations and diverse ascetic practices of first millennium BCE were systematized into a formal philosophy in early centuries CE by the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"". By the turn of the first millennium, Hatha yoga emerged as a prominent tradition of yoga distinct from the Patanjali's ""Yoga Sutras"". While the ""Yoga Sutras"" focus on discipline of the mind, Hatha yoga concentrates on health and purity of"
"essentially reiterating the yin and yang values of balance that Daoism and Chinese alchemy were originally derived from. The name yoga means ""yoke""; it uses practices that cultivate health of both the psyche and physical body. Drawing on Mircea Eliade, Cooper states that ""yoga requires perfect discipline of body and mind, the object being to rouse the spiritual powers... and to attain realization or immortality."" ""Chinese alchemical yoga"" depended on exercises, breathing techniques, and an ordered and balanced diet which was designed to increase longevity. The diet was often vegetarian, and some diets removed onion and garlic, others removed grains,"
"level of commitment is called a yogi (may be applied to a man or a woman) or yogini (a woman). The term yoga has been defined in various ways in the many different Indian philosophical and religious traditions. The ultimate goal of Yoga is ""moksha"" (liberation), although the exact definition of what form this takes depends on the philosophical or theological system with which it is conjugated. According to Jacobsen, Yoga has five principal meanings: According to David Gordon White, from the 5th century CE onward, the core principles of ""yoga"" were more or less in place, and variations of"
"hymn 5.81.1 of the Rig Veda, a dedication to rising Sun-god in the morning (Savitri), interpreted as ""yoke"" or ""yogically control"". Rigveda, however, does not describe Yoga philosophy with the same meaning or context as in medieval or modern times. Early references to practices that later became part of Yoga school of Hinduism, are made in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the oldest Upanishad. Gavin Flood translates it as, ""...having become calm and concentrated, one perceives the self (""atman""), within oneself."" The practice of pranayama (consciously regulating breath) is mentioned in hymn 1.5.23 of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. ~ 900 BCE), and the practice"
"of its use. The word also appears in the ""Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali"", where sūtra 3.6 says that the application of the practice of """" takes place in stages. Indian yoga teacher Tirumalai Krishnamacharya developed this individualized yoga style, which came to be described by others as Viniyoga, although he himself did not identify his approach by this name. The term viniyoga came to be used by Western students of T.K.V. Desikachar (son of Krishnamacharya) to collectively describe his approach to utilizing the tools of yoga, in particular his conviction that yoga practice should be adapted to fit the individuality"
"Yogachara Yogachara (IAST: """"; literally ""yoga practice""; ""one whose practice is yoga"") is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It was associated with Indian Mahayana Buddhism in about the fourth century, but also included non-Mahayana practitioners of the Dārṣṭāntika school. Yogācāra discourse explains how our human experience is constructed by the mind. The Yogācāra, along with the Madhyamaka, is one of the two principal philosophical schools of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism. The earliest text of this tradition is the ""Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra"" which might be as early"
"(Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6: Yoga of Meditation). The Gita presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma with bhakti, the yogic ideals of liberation through jnana, and Samkhya philosophy. It is the ""locus classicus"" of the ""Hindu synthesis"" which emerged around the beginning of the Common Era, integrating Brahmanic and shramanic ideas with theistic devotion. The ""Bhagavad Gita"" talks of four branches of yoga: The Dhyana Yoga system is specifically described by Krishna in chapter 6 of the ""Bhagavad Gita"" to Arjuna. In the ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"" (dated ca. 400 CE), a key text of the Yoga school"
"bad results are experienced during the course of their respective dashas and antra-dashas. In Hindu Astrology, the word, Yoga, that has been derived from the Sanskrit root, ""Yuj"", meaning to join properly, to control judicially or to integrate, has been used to indicate the Soli-Lunar distances, and the planetary situations, associations and combinations. Yogas are formed when one planet, sign or house is related to another of the same kind or different kind by way of placement, aspect or conjunction. It is the active consideration of planetary yogas and the active consideration of the planetary Dashas i.e. directional effects, which"
"Rāja yoga In Sanskrit texts, Rāja yoga () was both the goal of yoga and a method of attaining it. The term also became a modern name for the practice of yoga, when in the 19th-century Swami Vivekananda equated raja yoga with the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Since then, Rāja yoga has variously been called ""royal yoga"", ""royal union"", ""sahaj marg"", ""classical yoga"", and ""aṣṭāṅga yoga"". Rāja (Sanskrit: राज) means ""chief, best of its kind"" or ""king"". Rāja yoga thus refers to ""chief, best of yoga"". The historical use of the term ""Rāja yoga"" is found in other contexts, quite"
"Yoga (philosophy) Yoga philosophy is one of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism. Ancient, medieval and most modern literature often refers to the Yoga school of Hinduism simply as ""Yoga"". It is closely related to the Samkhya school of Hinduism. The Yoga school's systematic studies to better oneself physically, mentally and spiritually has influenced all other schools of Indian philosophy. The ""Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"" is a key text of the Yoga school of Hinduism. The epistemology of the Yoga school of Hinduism, like the Sāmkhya school, relies on three of six ""Pramanas"" as the means of gaining reliable"
"Western world. Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise; it has a meditative and spiritual core. One of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism is also called Yoga, which has its own epistemology and metaphysics, and is closely related to Hindu Samkhya philosophy. Many studies have tried to determine the effectiveness of modern postural yoga as a complementary intervention for cancer, schizophrenia, asthma, and heart disease. The results of these studies have been mixed and inconclusive. On December 1, 2016, yoga was listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage. The Sanskrit noun योग ' is"
"Asana Journal Asana Journal is the first and only international Yoga magazine published from India, both in English and Tamil, focusing on Yoga, Naturopathy and wellbeing. Asana is the Sanskrit word for posture or seat. It is one of the eight limbs of Yoga. The monthly ""Asana International Yoga Journal"" was started in 1999 by Dr Asana Andiappan. Andiappan founded the only Yoga college and research centre recognised by Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, Government of India and Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu and two universities in India: Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Tamil"
"Yoga Korunta The Yoga Korunta is a purported ancient text on yoga written in sanskrit by Vamana Rishi and allegedly discovered by Tirumalai Krishnamacharya in the National Archives of India in the early 20th century. Krishnamacharya later related an oral translation of the text to his students, such as K. Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar. Jois used it as the basis to create the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system. The original text reportedly was not preserved, and its historicity and existence has been questioned. According to Mark Singleton's ""Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice"", this legacy of"