Yoga is derived from a Sanskrit word “yuj” which has several meanings like, "to control", "to yoke", "to unite". General meanings include "combining" or "uniting", and related ideas such as "union" and "conjunction".

Yoga with its root in India (Hinduism) has spread and proliferated into other traditions also. In this over whelming atmosphere where people are wandering in search of peace, yoga has provided myriad healing solutions. From well being of general people to self-realization and attainment of peace to natural therapy of specific illness, yoga covers broader aspect. Yoga helps every individual to realize self and integrate various elements of well-being. You attain eternality, get liberated of worldly affairs, perfection is reached in an eternal relationship, bhakti and blissful union with Supreme is the ultimate goal of yoga.

According to Patanjali's (A Contributor to Yoga) Eight Limbs of yoga practice are:

(1) Yama (abstentions): lying, theft, violence, sex and possessions
(3) Asana: meaning "seat", and in Patanjali's Sutras it refers to several sitting positions (Postures) used for meditation.
(2) Niyama (The five "observances"): purity, study, contentment, austerities, and surrender to god
(4) Pranayama (Life Force Control): Control of breath, life force, or soul
(5) Pratyahara (Abstraction): Reversal of sensual organs
(6) Dharana (Concentration): Keeping a keen attention on a single object
(7) Dhyana (Meditation): Intense though regarding to true nature of reality
(8) Samadhi (Liberation): Super-conscious state of enlightenment

In Hinduism, with its several views and sects, Self-Realization and God-Realization are sometimes used interchangeably, with the belief that the true nature of self (truth, consciousness, and bliss), revealed through the practice of yoga, has the same nature as the universal self.

Benefits of Yoga:

Physical: It makes your body toned, flexible and stronger. It also helps over come asthma, improves respiration by solving respiratory problems like Bronchitis, Emphysema. You can maintain a balanced metabolism and proper cardio and circulatory health. Pain management becomes easier as yoga helps to relieve you from back pain. You can look and feel younger than your age (anti-ageing) mood change, energy and vitality are major benefits of yoga.

Mental: It helps in relaxation and handling stressful situations more easily. Yoga also teaches you how to calm your mind so that you can focus your energy to concentrate on any object.

Spiritual: It creates self-awareness – i.e. awareness of body, feelings, surrounding and needs of others. It harnesses interdependence between mind, body, and spirit and also promotes the concept of “oneness”.

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