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Yoga: A Way Of Life
Yoga is virtually concerned with maintaining a state of equanimity at all costs. The Yoga emphasize the importance of mind remaining calm, because as the saying goes, only when the water is still you can see through it.
The basic idea of Yoga is to unite the atma or individual soul with the Paramatma or the Universal Soul. According to Yoga philosophy, by cleansing one's mind and controlling one's thought one can achieve the state, when the individual self is nothing but a part of the Divine Self.
In Sanskrit, the term Yoga stands for 'union'. A Yogi's ultimate aim is to be able to attain this 'union' with the Eternal Self with the help of certain mental and physical exercises. For all extant knowledge of Yoga and its practices, such as yogasanas and pranayama, the entire credit goes to Maharishi Patanjali, the founder and father of Yoga.
The basic idea of Yoga is to unite the atma or individual soul with the Paramatma or the Universal Soul. According to Yoga philosophy, by cleansing one's mind and controlling one's thought one can achieve the state, when the individual self is nothing but a part of the Divine Self.
In Sanskrit, the term Yoga stands for 'union'. A Yogi's ultimate aim is to be able to attain this 'union' with the Eternal Self with the help of certain mental and physical exercises. For all extant knowledge of Yoga and its practices, such as yogasanas and pranayama, the entire credit goes to Maharishi Patanjali, the founder and father of Yoga.
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