YOGA
The word yoga is originated
from Sanskrit word yuj which means join. Patanjali is considered as father of
yoga. This school of philosophy as a part of orthodox school of philosophy.
Yoga is a way of a better living. It a ensure great or efficiency in work and
better control over mind and emotions. Yoga means it is a movement of body
through difference positions, postures and poses.
The
practice of yoga is an art and science dedicated to creating union between
body, mind and spirit. Its objective is to assist the practitioner in using the
breath and body to foster an awareness of ourselves as individualized beings
intimately connected to the unified whole of creation. In short it is about
making balance and creating equanimity so as to live in peace, good health and
harmony with the greater whole. This art of right living was perfected and
practiced in India thousands of years ago and the foundations of yoga
philosophy were written down in The
Yoga Sutra of Patanjali,
approximately 200 AD. This sacred text describes the inner workings of the mind
and provides an eight-step blueprint for controlling its restlessness so as to
enjoying lasting peace.
The core of
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is an eight-limbed path that forms the
structural framework for yoga practice. Upon practicing all eight limbs of the
path it becomes self-evident that no one element is elevated over another in a
hierarchical order. Each is part of a holistic focus which eventually brings
completeness to the individual as they find their connectivity to the divine.
Because we are all uniquely individual a person can emphasize one branch and
then move on to another as they round out their understanding.
Asanas
Asanas means holding the body in a particular posture to bring
stability to the body and poises to the mind.
· Meditating
asanas
· Relaxation
asanas
· Cultural
asanas
There are 5 types of yoga
§ Bhakthiyoga
§ Gyanayoga
§ Mantrayoga
§ Karmayoga
§ Layayoga
“Yoga
is skill in actions”
-
Load Krishna
Eights fold steps of yoga
1. Yama : Universal morality
2. Niyama : Personal observances
3. Asanas : Body postures
4. Pranayama : Breathing exercises, and control of prana
5. Pratyahara : Control of the senses
6. Dharana : Concentration and cultivating inner perceptual
awareness
7. Dhyana : Devotion, Meditation on the Divine
8. Samadhi : Union with the Divine
Axiological Aspects In Yoga
Education
· Develops high degree of intellectual maturity
· Develops
psychical, intellectual and aesthetic aspects of personality
· Learn
adjustment with changing conditions
· Develop
possitive and healthy attitude towards life
· Bring
quality of life
Metaphysical Aspects In Yoga
· Yoga
is highly technical and systamatic, if the methods adopted are correct there
should be no doubt whats so ever as to the possiblity of the achivement of end
· Achivements
in yoga are in gradual evolution ,systamatic,advance and not a sudden jump
· Yoga
is a movement through happiness
Epistamological
aspects in yoga
· Scienctific
knowledge of outerbreality
· Experimented
knowledgeof inner process
· Objective introspection of inner process
· Knowledge by identity that is Vedic knowledge
Educational Implications of Yoga
•
Yoga in education
lead in the development of harmonious personality and behavior at all levels
•
Moral development is
being given highest priority in yoga philosophy
•
Educational
objectives should be application based and activity oriented
Benefits of Yoga
•
It develops the physical stability
•
It keeps a person young
•
It develops the balancing power in the body
•
It reduces the excess fat in the sideways
•
It gives more flexibility
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