Essence Of Yoga

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY JUNE 21

Yoga is the journey Of the self Through the self To the self.

- Bhagawad gita

Good health is the key to happiness .Health is wealth.But who is healthy? The true essence of Yoga revolves around elevating the life force or ‘Kundalini’ at the base of the spine. It aims to achieve this through a series of physical and mental exercises. At the physical level, the methods comprise various yoga postures or ‘asanas’ that aim to keep the body healthy. The mental techniques include breathing exercises or ‘pranayama’ and meditation or ‘dhyana’ to discipline the mind.

The ultimate goal of yoga is,

The practices that the Yoga in Daily Life System book offer have already proven themselves over thousands of years and have been found helpful by millions of people.Yoga is considered a mind-body type of complementary and alternative medicine practice. Yoga brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve peacefulness of body and mind, helping you relax and manage stress and anxiety

Evolution of yoga

Yoga’s history has many places of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of sacred texts and the secretive nature of its teachings. The early writings on yoga were transcribed on fragile palm leaves that were easily damaged, destroyed or lost. The development of yoga can be traced back to over 5,000 years ago, but some researchers think that yoga may be up to 10,000 years old old. Yoga’s long rich history can be divided into four main periods of innovation, practice and development.

Pre-classical

The UN has recently declared June 21 as ‘The International Day of Yoga.’ And in a country where yoga is so steeped into its culture, it should be no surprise that there is now a push for yoga to be included as part of the national educational curriculum in India.

The RYE (Research on Yoga in Education) approach is not to insert a yoga class into the timetable but to intersperse short and simple techniques throughout the school day, which will improve the attitude towards work. Using yoga in the classroom will definitely affect how one teaches and what is learnt. “Quality in education” should include the capacity of coping with change. Yoga enhances the ability to deal with change, creating new possibilities in the classroom.

As of July 2005 we have a branch of RYE in the U.K. The first RYE teacher training in the UK starts in January 2006, and runs over two years. It is aimed at schoolteachers, yoga teachers and anyone working with children. The first year focuses on general techniques of yoga in school, and consists of four weekends. In the second year the emphasis shifts to techniques of relaxation. By the end of the second year, students must complete a written report and a residential week at the International RYE seminar. The training will be primarily run by Micheline Flak in London, with guest