ANTOINETTE VILJOEN B THEOLOGY: BTH0010010011F BT046: ANALYSIS OF YOGA 1. YOGA’S GLOBAL APPEAL Indian culture advocates global health via yoga‚ but does not produce gold medallists at the Olympic games. Yoga is not a fitness programme‚ it derives from the Sanskrit and means “union”. Indian philosophy renders it as moksha (liberation or salvation) and union with God. Hatha yoga is one of many forms of yoga taught by Indian sages to obtain salvation. Westerners have corrupted it to gain
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Bikram Yoga Bikram Yoga is a system of yoga that Bikram Choudhury synthesized from traditional hatha yoga techniques and popularized beginning in the early 1970s. All Bikram Yoga classes run for 90 minutes and consist of the same series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. Bikram Yoga is ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F (≈ 40.6°C) with a humidity of 40%. Safety Although many individuals enjoy practicing hot yoga‚ there
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expectations were to learn the basic poses of yoga. I came into this class thinking it would be an easy and relaxing class that would be a nice break from my stressful business and capstone classes. I thought we would be learning all of the poses I’ve heard so much about from friends who take yoga classes regularly. I expected to gain strength and learn how to become more flexible as the class went on. I was expecting to only do the poses and participate in yoga through the class and not have the opportunity
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18‚ 2012 Essay one: Yoga I have come to realize that most people who hear about yoga‚ automatically just think about how girly it is or just the obvious. Yes‚ it is just a lot of stretching‚ and yes flexibility plays a big part in it. It is not just about mastering all the different poses it is about finding the strength within the core. Yoga does not just stretch muscles. It also stretches all the ligaments‚ tendons and the soft tissue in the body. Yoga is also known to increasing
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Yoga is a vast collection of techniques and practiced all aimed at integrating mind‚ body and spirituality achieving a state of enlightenment or oneness with all living humane animals plants and our universe that we live within. This semester in Hatha Yoga we make the correlation between the two‚ body and mind spiritual aspects will bloom like a flower as our lives and bodies are continual changing. Yoga will not work for everyone at this present time we learn to apply when knowledge is at hand.
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In Vedic Sanskrit‚ the more commonly used‚ literal meaning of the Sanskrit word yoga which is "to add"‚ "to join"‚ "to unite"‚ or "to attach" from the root yuj‚ already had a much more figurative sense‚ where the yoking or harnessing of oxen or horses takes on broader meanings such as "employment‚ use‚ application‚ performance" (compare the figurative uses of "to harness" as in "to put something to some use"). All further developments of the sense of this word are post-Vedic. More prosaic moods such
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1) Description- Yoga is the balance of mind and body exercise and the attempt to attain self-enlightenment. There are many different types of yoga and hundreds of schools. The most common types of yoga are Hatha Yoga‚ Raja yoga‚ Jnana Yoga‚ Bhakti Yoga‚ and Karma Yoga. Yoga is considered to be the only type of physical activity to be a complete exercise because it works all of your internal organs and glands that may not be worked by lifting. 2) History- Yoga was developed in India about 5000
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Helena Pham-Ly Dr. Orr Philosophy of Yoga 290 Yoga Path: Bhakti Yoga The yoga path I chose is Bhakti Yoga‚ which translates to the yoga of devotion‚ yoga of love‚ surrender‚ or religion. I also feel that religion is an expression of Bhakti Yoga on a more social level. Bhakti Yoga could be something very personal. It is also one’s natural state because one’s natural state is the state of love‚ a state where one’s heart is overflowing with love for God. I understand that God does not mean some
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