YOGA

 

Yoga, also Yoga, is an Indian philosophical doctrine that includes a series of mental and physical exercises such as Yama, Niyama, Asanas, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Kriyas, Meditation and asceticism. The term "yoga" can be understood as "union" or "integration", as well as in the sense of "harnessing" and "stretching" the body to the soul for the collection and concentration or for the admittance with the consciousness. Since every path to self-knowledge can be described as yoga, there are numerous names in the Hinduism for the various yoga paths, which are adapted to the respective predispositions of those who are striving for self-knowledge.