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Conceived by the sages of yesteryears in their quest for self-realisation, Yoga, in its journey from the hermitages to the modern world, has survived the ravages of cultural metamorphosis.As an art of living, yoga is capable of ensuring physical well-being, mental harmony and moral elevation. To cap them all, it elevates man from his mundane world to the divine highs.
The expedition to yoga is long and arduous which calls for perseverance, persistence, dedication and total surrender.
Mere physical posture- closing eyes and sitting in ease- will little help one attain yogic qualities. It involves cultivation of an attitude and approach to life.
Yoga was modeled to help ease weariness of life; to divest ego from body and the mind; to improve your concentration, health and help attain mental tranquility.
Yoga was the first system evolved in the world to recognize the interaction between body and mind. It delves into the very structure of the human personality, analyzing the psychological complexities and the cause of pain, sorrow and suffering.
Yoga had distinguished and credited the role of the mind over body even ages before modern psychology did. Yoga had modeled, Ashtanga yoga, an eightfold path to final liberation from pain and suffering. These steps, one after another, take us to the highest state of creativity, discrete knowledge and desired perfection\
- Self purification (niyama)
- Bodily postures such as the lotus position (asana)
- Control of breathing (pranayama)
- Control of the senses (pratyahara)
- Fixing of the mind on a chosen object (dharana)
- Meditation (dhyana)
- Samadhi – a state of being where you experience absolute tranquillity and well being.
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