A_Beginners_Guide_to_Yoga

A Beginners Guide to Yoga A Beginner’s Guide to Yoga Increasing back pain, raging stress, the onset of a migraine . . .who hasn’t experienced some or all of these sensations at some time' Finding a cure for these discomforts would immortalize their discoverer and virtually ensure sainthood. Although not a panacea, yoga is a near cure-all for achieving relaxation and inner peace. Yoga, which means union or balance (1), dates back further than 2,500 years ago to the sacred Hindu religion. The ancient Rig-Veda (Knowledge of Praise) contains hymns created by kavi (seer-poets) able to look beyond their five senses. The hymns detail their ecstasies and insights, and form the basis of archaic Yoga (2). Devotees of Yoga today still seek these ecstasies and insights, and have various forms of Yoga to pursue to help them achieve them. Just like a flower can have many petals that extend from one stem, Yoga has many types that all share basic fundamentals. The four forms follow: 1. Karma Yoga (path of action) 2. Bhakthi Yoga (path of devotion) 3. Raja Yoga (the science of mental control) 4. Gyana Yoga (the path of knowledge) While these forms of Yoga may appear disparate, in reality they complement each other. yoga, body, mind, hatha, two, one, stress, pain, new, exercises, back, 1997, york, people, heart, finger, exercise, physical, out, middle, mental, john, forms, breath, benefits, among, against, women, while, wall, three, right, results, relief, path, one’s, nostril, index, high, halves, great, four, fingers, especially, elderly, control, class, absolute, years