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Sivananda Yoga Sevashram, Delhi

Sivananda Yoga Sevashram, Delhi

Yoga is never an excerice/ aerobics/ physio-therapy. It is not just doing asnaas or pranayamas or doing only meditation. They are a part of yoga, so don’t get confused. Also, there is nothing like power yoga, hot yoga or cold yoga.

Yoga is always a discipline, the science & art of right living, so it must be incorporated in our daily life.

The word yoga literary means unity or oneness and is derived from Sanskrit root ‘yuj’ that means to join. This unity of joining is described in spiritual terms as the union of individual consciousness with the cosmic conscious. At a more practical level yoga is a tool of balancing and harmonizing the body, mind and emotions. This done through the regular practice of asnaas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, shatkarmas & meditation & must be mastered to get tuned with the universal consciousness.

History Of Yoga
Yoga developed as a part of Indian civilization more than 10,000 years ago. As per historians like Romila Thaper, Jha & Shrimali, many statues have been found of lord Shiva and Parvati (performing various asnaas & meditation) in archelogical excavations made at Harappa & Mohan-jo-daro. According to mythical traditions Lord Shiva is said to be the founder of yoga & Parvati his first disciple. Lord Shiva is considered to be embodiment of supreme consciousness. Parvati represents supreme knowledge, will & action & is responsible for all the creations. This force or energy is also known as kundalini shakti, the cosmic force that lies dormant in all beings. Parvati is regarded as mother of the whole universe. The union of Shiva & Shakti takes place for creation of the universe. Shakti, the Parvati out of love & compation for her children, she imparted her secret knowledge of liberation in the form of tantra. The techniques of yoga have there source in tantra & the two cannot be separated just as consciousness, Shiva cannot be separated from energy, Shakti. Parvati imparted these techniques of tantra & yoga to 64 yoginis. These 64 yoginis are worshiped all over India. There are 64 temples dedicated to these aspects of feminine energy. These techniques were always kept secret & were never written down or exposed to public view. They were passed on from guru to disciple by word of mouth.

History Of Yoga

Yoga developed as a part of Indian civilization more than 10,000 years ago. As per historians like Romila Thaper, Jha & Shrimali, many statues have been found of lord Shiva and Parvati (performing various asnaas & meditation) in archelogical excavations made at Harappa & Mohan-jo-daro.

According to mythical traditions Lord Shiva is said to be the founder of yoga & Parvati his first disciple. Lord Shiva is considered to be embodiment of supreme consciousness. Parvati represents supreme knowledge, will & action & is responsible for all the creations. This force or energy is also known as kundalini shakti, the cosmic force that lies dormant in all beings. Parvati is regarded as mother of the whole universe. The union of Shiva & Shakti takes place for creation of the universe. Shakti, the Parvati out of love & compation for her children, she imparted her secret knowledge of liberation in the form of tantra. The techniques of yoga have there source in tantra & the two cannot be separated just as consciousness, Shiva cannot be separated from energy, Shakti. Parvati imparted these techniques of tantra & yoga to 64 yoginis. These 64 yoginis are worshiped all over India. There are 64 temples dedicated to these aspects of feminine energy.

These techniques were always kept secret & were never written down or exposed to public view. They were passed on from guru to disciple by word of mouth.