| Over the past few years yoga has become more | | | | Yoga poses may be done in quick successions to |
| and more popular in every age group all over the | | | | create more heat in the body or the poses may also |
| world. With its continuous and increasing popularity, | | | | be done slowly to perfect the alignment of the position |
| more and more people are looking into yoga | | | | and to increase stamina. |
| information and are trying to find out what the hype is | | | | How many types are there? |
| all about. Is yoga something worth looking into? What is | | | | There are a lot. Evolving through time, yoga information |
| it all about? Is it really worth all the attention and hype is | | | | and technique have developed to perfection - being |
| has been getting for the past years? Here are | | | | able to help specific needs of the body. Some of the |
| important facts about yoga that every yogi and future | | | | major yoga types are: Ananda, Anusara, Ashtanga (or |
| yogis should know about. | | | | Astanga), Bikram, Hatha, Integral, ISHTA, Iyengar, |
| Where is it from? | | | | Jivamukti, Kali Ray Tri, Kripalu, Kundalini, Power, |
| Yoga originated from India. Archeological findings from | | | | Restorative, Sivananda, Svaroopa, Viniyoga, Vinyasa, |
| the Indus valley showed portraits of a man or a god in | | | | and White Lotus. |
| a yoga posture. This dates yoga history to about 5000 | | | | What are its benefits? |
| years back. This tells us that yoga has been an | | | | Known to help cure many ailments and prevent |
| ancient tradition in India that has evolved and passed | | | | various diseases, yoga is popular for many of its |
| on from one generation to the next. | | | | benefits. Some of the most popular benefits of yoga |
| What is its purpose? | | | | are: tones the body, calms the mind, realigns the spine, |
| The early purpose of yoga was to have a direct | | | | builds strength, stamina, and stability, promotes weight |
| spiritual experience. Specifically, the goal of yoga then | | | | loss, reduces stress, improves concentration, promotes |
| was to find true happiness, liberation, and enlightenment | | | | creativity, helps heal and prevent injuries and diseases, |
| through a successful union with Brahman (the divine | | | | detoxifies, helps with better breathing, and boosts |
| consciousness) or with Atman (the transcendent self). | | | | self-esteem. |
| This still holds today, it has evolved a bit but in general | | | | With all of this yoga information, it wouldn't be hard to |
| yoga holds the same basic principles and purpose - to | | | | see why the hype has continued to grow over the |
| promote positive feelings and awareness through the | | | | past years. Yoga is really something worth looking into |
| union of body, mind, and spirit. | | | | and something worth trying. With all of the benefits and |
| What is yoga? | | | | years behind it to perfect its various types, people are |
| Yoga is a series of breathing techniques and body | | | | sure to enjoy yoga for years and years to come. |
| positions that calm the mind and strengthen the body. | | | | |