Tuesday, September 21, 2010

DEFINITION OF YOGA

DIFINITION OF YOGA, MEANING OF YOGA, THEORETICAL MEANING OF YOGA, ORIGIN OF YOGA, YOGA AS A MEDICINE, YOGA AS A TREATMENT, YOGA IS A LIFE STYLE. 
Yoga origin from Sanskrit word "Yog", Pāli: योग yóga) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines that originated in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.[2][3][4] Within Hinduism, it also refers to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy, and to the goal towards which that school directs its practices.[5][6] In Jainism, yoga is the sum total of all activities — mental, verbal and physical.
Major branches of yoga in Hindu philosophy include Rāja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Hatha Yoga.[7][8][9] According to the authoritative Indian philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, yoga, based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, comprises one of the six main Hindu schools of philosophy (darshanas), together with Kapila's Samkhya, Gautama's Nyaya, Kanada's Vaisheshika, Jaimini's Purva Mimamsa, and Badarayana's Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta.[10] Many other Hindu texts discuss aspects of yoga, including the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita and various Tantras.
The Sanskrit word yoga has many meanings,[11] and is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to control", "to yoke" or "to unite".[12] Translations include "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".[13][14][15] It is also possible that the word yoga derives from "yujir samadhau," which means "contemplation" or "absorption."[16] This translation fits better with the dualist Raja Yoga because it is through contemplation that discrimination between prakrti (nature) and purusha (pure consciousness) occurs.
Someone who practices yoga or follows the yoga philosophy to a high level of attainment is called a yogi or yogini.[17]

WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND YOGA AS UNDER :
Various Aspects and Dimensions of Yoga :

  1. YOGA IS A LIFE STYLE : Yoga is not only a Treatment or Group of Treatment(s) but it is a method of life, if any one do YOG ASANAS in proper and correct manner, he/she may increase the chance to minimize health hazard(s).
  2. YOGA FOR LONG LIFE :

  3. YOGA AS A MEDICINE - Yoga sometime act as a medicine (this does not mean that yoga replaces medicine / medicines) but we can do yoga to minimize drug / drugs intake, more clearly we say that Yoga is a process which can cure most of the diseases so that the risk to depend upon medicine(s) minimize. (NOTE : PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP ANY MEDICATION WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR).
  4. YOGA IS A MEDICINE - In various cases / diseases - The Yoga may act as a medicine, (Note : please do not compare it with ALLOPATHY or ANY OTHER MEDICINE).
  5. YOGA WITH MEDICINE - You can do yoga while taking medication or medicines, but some drugs which gave hallucination(s)/ or anesthetic effect/ or Neuro Dipressents, and many other Narcotic, Dope effect etc etc. -  should not mix them with Yoga,  [Please consult with any yoga / Registered Practitioner(s) / specialist(s) for further knowledge / consultation].
, YOGA IN DAILY LIFE, YOGA AS A CARE TAKER, YOGA IN DAILY LIFE, YOGA FOR BETTER LIFE, YOGA IN DAY TO DAY LIFE, YOGA FOR HEALTHY LIVING, YOGA FOR VARIOUS DISEASE, YOGA FOR PATIENTS, YOGA FOR BACKACHE, YOGA FOR HERNIA, YOGA FOR COMMON COLD, YOGA FOR

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