Yoga, the science of man, based on ancient Indian wisdom and culture, is an
art of living a healthy, balanced, peaceful and contented life. Yoga, being
a total integrated system, studies man in his wholeness - body, mind and
spirit and is integrated to certain principles, ideas, values, attitudes and
a way of life for personal and social benefits.
Conceived by the
great sages in their quest for self-realization, it has come to be
recognized during its long travails from the hermitages to the cities - as
the science of man, a philosophy old life, a code of conduct, an attitude
and an approach, as well as an art of living which is capable not only of
ensuring physical well-being, mental peace harmony, moral elevation and
spiritual uplift of man but also of transforming man from his gross animal
existence to the sublime heights of divinity.
It must, however
be kept in mind that it is a long and arduous journey calling for
perseverance, persistence, dedication and total surrender.
There
is no instant yoga. It is not a question of merely closing one's
eyes or of sitting in a posture. It involves cultivation of an attitude and
approach to life. It must not only be a philosophy to be imbibed but a
practical philosophy, which must be lived. It is therefore, not enough to
think of yoga but to do it and to live it in our lives. It is also necessary
to understand that yoga is not a substitute for action. Human effort is
indispensable. The transformation is not at the cost of action but to enable
us to perform our duties more efficiently, more effectively and honestly.
Yoga had recognized and accepted the importance of the mind and the
subconscious over the total human personality much earlier than modern
psychology did in its present form. Yoga is a stepwise, stage wise
eight-fold path to final liberation from pain and suffering. These steps
progressively take us to the highest state of creativity, of discriminative
knowledge and towards attaining the desired perfection.
The eight
steps are:
YAMA
Conditional yoga behavior, personal and social
NIYAMA
Attitude sublimate to yoga norms
ASANA
Discipline of the physical body
PRANAYAMA
Control over bio energy through respiratory action
PRATYAHARA
Withdrawal of the senses inwards through abstraction
DHARNA
Concentration
DHYANA Meditation
SAMADHI Transconsciousness
Of these, the first five, which border on the Psychosomatic Approach,
are referred to as External (Bahiranga) yoga, popularly known as Hatha Yoga,
while the latter three, which directly affect the psyche are known as
internal (Antaranga) yoga, popularly known as Raja Yoga.
It is almost impossible to try internal yoga (Raja Yoga) for the average man
before accomplishing the external one (Hatha Yoga). The respective sequence
of the eight steps as the standard methodology of yoga. Yoga is based on a
deep understanding of man and his position in this world and was the first
system evolved in the world to recognize the connection and the interaction
between body and mind. It studies in depth the very structure of the human
personality, through analysis the psychological complexities and the cause
of human pain, sorrow and suffering. It has laid down psychosomatic means
through its various psycho-physiological processes for dealing with the body
mind complex and tries to harmonize and integrate the human personality at
all levels and stages of life.
Yoga is basically a way of LIFE,
which has been evolved as a system to go beyond the personality - complex
and achieving absolute freedom-liberation of the spirit from the matter.
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