Introduction
Yoga's origins can be traced to northern India over 5,000 years ago. The word yoga was first mentioned in ancient sacred texts called the Rig Veda. The Vedas are a set of four ancient sacred texts written in Sanskrit. The Rig Veda is the earliest amongst the vedas and is a collection of over a thousand hymns and mantras in ten chapters known as mandalas, which were used by Vedic age priests. Yoga was refined and developed by Rishis (sages) who documented their practices and beliefs in the Upanishads, a huge work containing over 200 scriptures.
The word yoga literally means “to yoke” or “union”. More than just a practice of physical exercises, Yoga is the coming together of the individual self or consciousness, with the infinite universal consciousness or spirit. Yoga is a method of inquiry in to the nature of the mind, which emphasizes practice and direct experience.

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                                                                                                         Principles of Yoga

• Abstinence (yama)

• Observance (niyama)

• Posture (asana)

• Regulation of breath (pranayama)

• Withdrawal of Senses (pratyahara)

• Concentration (dharana)

• Meditation (dhyana) 

• Super Consciousness (samadhi)

 

                                                                                                           Benefits of yoga

• Yoga helps you in all-around fitness

• Yoga benefits in weight loss

• Yoga is one of the best solutions for stress relief

• Yoga helps for inner peace

• Yoga Improves Immunity

• Practice of Yoga Offers Greater Awareness

• Yoga improves relationships

• Yoga Increases Energy

• Yoga Gives you Better Flexibility and Posture

• Yoga helps in improving intuition

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