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Yoga
Yoga comes from Sankrit which means to connect and unite. It is about any kind of connection between body and mind. It was Patanjali, the founder of yoga, who wrote the yoga Sutras around 200 BC in India. In them he described yoga as ‘Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha’, translated as: "Yoga is the stilling of the vortices of the mind".
In the Sutras, Patanjali describes the eightfold path in the second part. This consists of eight branches that you walk through in a meaningful life full of spiritual growth on your way to a state of unity and enlightenment, a state where the whirling of the mind has been brought to silence. The practice of asanas, physical yoga postures, is the third branch of this path.
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- Karma yoga is about an active self-transcending attitude to life characterised by selfless action and charity;
- Bhakti yoga is about complete surrender, love and devotion to the greater whole, the Divine;
- Raja yoga is about meditation and full control of the mind;
- Hatha yoga is about full control of the body and the breath;
- Tantra yoga involving visualisations, energy work and rituals;
- Jnana yoga is about true wisdom, knowledge and philosophy and assumes that enlightenment is already within us all;
- Kundalini yoga is about awakening the Kundalini energy, the life energy that is stored at the beginning of your spine and from which spiritual growth can arise.
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Beyond the physical
Yoga practices have a holistic effect. They have a positive effect on the energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.
Age-old yoga tools such as postures, breathing, meditations, cleansing exercises and mantras support you to get more in touch with your true self, your essence, and to let go of feelings, thoughts and beliefs that do not serve you. Yoga helps to purify your body, nervous system, energy and emotions. In this way, you are more in balance with yourself and ultimately experience deep relaxation and peace, oversee matters with a calm mind and feel connected to yourself and the world around you.
Effects
- Physical and mental relaxation;
- Experiencing well-being and balance;
- Improved ability to concentrate;
- Cleansing the energy system;
- Harmonising emotions;
- Mental rest;
- Inner strength;
- Balance;
- More self-confidence;
- Spiritual connection with your own essence;
- Access your intuition;
- Connection with compassion, forgiveness, unconditionality and self-love;
- Sleep better;
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