How Does Yoga Works

Imagine an activity that increases your flexibility, strengthens your muscles, centers your thoughts, and relaxes and calms you. Yoga does all that and more! In this article, I will review a brief history and the philosophy of yoga, the different types of yoga, the benefits, equipment you need to do it, where to do it, how to get started, and a whole lot more.

Yoga helps us to move from Body-Image to the Body-Actual. Our body image is created by culture, memories and beliefs and does not represent the real body. Many mind-body pathologies are the result of the wrong body image. ‘Body Actual’ is the body’s map in the brain and represents the real body. Living in the Body-Actual grounds the awareness in reality and creates stability. It also saves the body from the artificial manipulation and alteration of body parts that happens as the result of many Body Dysmorphic Disorders. In Body Dysmorphic Disorders, a person is obsessed with the false idea that there is something wrong with the body and its appearance (nose, eyes, face etc.) and tries to correct them personally by mutilating them or opt for repetitive surgical interventions.

Paying attention to body postures brings the mind and body together. Normally our mind is absorbed in thinking and is distracted while the body is in action. Integration of mind-body creates a state of harmony and results in a sense of well-being.

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Yoga uses controlled breathing as a way to merge the mind, body, and spirit. The breathing techniques are called pranayamas; prana means energy or life force, and yama means social ethics. It is believed that the controlled breathing of pranayamas will control the energy flow in your body. It is my experience that controlled breathing helps me focus on muscles that are working, and during savasana, it slows down my heart rate, calms my mind, and leads to a deep, inner calm and sense of relaxation.Yoga focuses on the mind by teaching you to concentrate on specific parts of the body. For instance, you may be asked by the instructor to focus deeply on your spine, or let your mind go and have your body sink into the floor. This awareness keeps the mind-body connection sharp.Welcome to Authentic yogasamskriti, where it is our privilege to empower and inspire students to become their authentic selves through power yoga.Yoga asanas (postures or poses) help condition your body. There are thousands of yoga poses, and in Sanskrit, these poses are called kriyas (actions), mudras (seals), and bandhas (locks). A kriya focuses on the effort necessary to move energy up and down the spine; yoga mudra is a gesture or movement to hold energy or concentrate awareness; and a bandha uses the technique of holding muscular contractions to focus awareness.

Yoga In Nepal

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Literally Yoga means union of existence or Harmony. It is derived from Sanskrit word “Yuj” which means to join or bind. Yoga is the total combination of body, mind and spirit or individual consciousness to universal consciousness (lower self to higher self) and its incorporation within our daily lives. When our bodily soul unites with the Supreme Soul or transcends to the enlightenment state, it is called yoga. Union of the lower self with the universal plane is also known as yoga.

It helps on all aspects (the physical, mental, social, vital, psychic, emotional and spiritual) of a person. It teaches us how to live, work, eat, drink, sleep, wake up, speak, think, play and enjoy in present life.