Inside Yoga 1

Category : Philosophy 7th February 2011

(First publised 6/1/2008)

I will begin with the word Yoga.

The word “yoga” is derived from the Sanskrit root, yuj which means “to join” or “to yoke”.
Sanskrit is the ancient language from India which was created as a spiritual language (it was not commonly used in the streets but in the temples by brahmin priests or by vedic scholars).

The related meaning of yoga is “to focus attention on” or “to use”.

Yoga is an ancient art based on a subtle science, that of the body, mind and soul. Yoga helps one to join up the body, mind and soul, in “union”. The word union is one of the most common ways of translating the word yoga.

Its this union that yoga aims for, both within yourself and also with the world around us.

When we are having a bad time, be it emotionally or physically, we will feel separate from our bodies, mind or soul, or we feel disconnected from everything around us in the world.

Yoga aims to remove this sense of separation. Yoga helps us to find union with our body, mind and soul. And when we are reunited with ourselves, then we will feel reunited with the world and people around us.

When we feel in union with ourselves and the world around us, we feel so much better. Everything looks so much better and we have the strength to move on.

Yoga can help on any level: from feeling bad due a sore body to feeling emotionally drained and sad.

Yoga has the tools to mend all of these things.

To be continued…



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