Friday 28 December 2012

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Yoga is a commonly known generic term for physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines which originated in ancient India. Specifically, yoga is one of the six astika ("orthodox") schools of Hindu philosophy. One of the most detailed and thorough expositions on the subject are the Yoga Sutras of PataƱjali.Various traditions of yoga are found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.Pre–philosophical speculations and diverse ascetic practices of first millennium BCE were systematized into a formal philosophy in early centuries CE by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.By the turn of the first millennium, Hatha yoga emerged as a prominent tradition of yoga distinct from the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. While the Yoga Sutras focus on discipline of the mind, Hatha yoga concentrates on health and purity of the body.The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, was the first organization in spreading some of the teachings of yoga in the West, outside the academic circles.A few decades later some Hindu monks such as Swami Vivekananda began to teach in Europe and the United States. In the 1980s, yoga became popular as a physical system of health exercises across the Western world. Many studies have tried to determine the effectiveness of yoga as a complementary intervention for cancer, schizophrenia, asthma and heart patients.In a national survey, long-term yoga practitioners in the United States reported musculo–skeletal and mental health improvements.
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