History of Yoga:
Yoga is said to be old as civilization. There is no physical evidence to support this claim. Unable to find the earliest archaeological evidence of the existence of yoga that depicts some stone symbol of yoga poses.The existence of a symbolic stone put about 3000 III yoga.
A better understanding of the history of Yoga we can be divided into four stages: the Vedic period, Pre-Classical phase of the classical period and Post-Classical period.
Vedic period:
The existence of the Vedas marked this period. The Vedas are a collection of hymns praise Divine power.The Vedas contain the oldest known teaching Yogic and the Vedic Yoga is called.
People rely on Vedic rishis (Prist) or dedicated Yoga Vedic in solitude (Phi) teaches how God these Rishis were gifted to have the ability to see reality through training their spiritual intensity.
Pre-Classical Yoga
Creation of the Holy Yoga Upanishads, mark Upanishad describes the Pre-Classical 200 vision in practice of devotion to Brahman described reality finally (Brahman), self (atman), transcendent and the relationship between the two Upanishads descriptors Dharma Vedas.
Yoga not only with the history of Indian stock with Buddhism in the 6th century BC. The Buddha began teaching Buddhism, emphasizing the importance of meditation and practice of physical processes.
Later on. Around 500 BC, the Bhagavad-Gita is created. And this is the Bible present Yoga is known as the oldest it dedicated all with Yoga. Centered in the Gita is-mention the life operations, and to avoid those difficulties. In our lives, and others. Our actions are benign and have our egos too.
Gita is a discussion between the prince Arjuna and Krishna Royal Prince and stressed the importance of the Gita, generally evil three aspects must be brought together in our lives: love, devotion or Bhakti, Jnana or knowledge of the contemplation and evil about the altruistic Act, Gita Bhakti Yoga attempts to unify and Jnana yoga, and this is because kamyo Kawashima will receive priority.
The classical period:
The classical period has been marked as created a-a formula written by Patanjali's Yoga is an effort to identify and standardize Yoga classics including the classics or aphorisms (theme) that clarified when Raja Yoga Patanjali and the principles of the path of Yoga (also known as the eight limbs of classical Yoga), these are: 195.
1. Yama means drugs in Australian social or moral.
2. the Privacy Act as Niyama accepted and purity. Education
3. Asanas or physical exercises
4. Pranayama breath control, which means regulated either.
5. withdrawal or Pratyahara in preparation for the meditation feeling.
6. Dharana, which is about meditation.
7. This means that the concentration and meditation
8. meditation means drugs
This concept has been dominated for some centuries. After some focus on yoga meditation and Yoga Asanas Yoga try to lose at this technique is used to change the body, and immortal.
Post-Classical Yoga:
At this stage, we see the proliferation of literature, including the practice of Yoga with three other Post-classical Yoga first.
Yoga has been present in the West during the 19th century as a part of Eastern philosophy, in the 1960 ' s line of Indian Yoga trainers such as Maharishi Mahesh Yoga Swami Sivananda, who explained in.
They modify the five principles of yoga are:
1. correct relaxation or Savasana
2. appropriate Asanas or exercise
3. Pranayama or breathing properly.
4. proper diet and
5. meditation or positive thinking and meditation
Even today, continue to proliferate and spread the teachings of Yoga. Crossing the boundaries of cultures and languages.