| Yoga originated around 4000 years ago in the | | | | the self by spiritual discipline, a method of |
| Far East as a spiritual practice designed to | | | | training designed to lead to union of the |
| realize the Divine nature of the self. Today | | | | human spirit with ultimate reality and |
| in the West, yoga usually includes three | | | | release from the limits of the individual |
| elements of the traditional yoga techniques: | | | | ego. Also called margas (paths to salvation). |
| postures (or asanas in Sanskrit), breath | | | | Normally following a yoga involves |
| control (or pranayama) and meditation. | | | | apprenticeship to a guru (spiritual teacher |
| Imagine an activity that increases your | | | | or guide). |
| flexibility, strengthens your muscles, | | | | |
| centers your thoughts, and relaxes and calms | | | | In the universe, finance is one of the prime |
| you. | | | | factors for any individual life. Without |
| | | | financial status, one's life may become |
| Types Of Yoga | | | | misery. It determines and dictates terms to |
| | | | the individual life. It is our endeavor to |
| Raja Yoga - This is attaining Yoga or | | | | inform some yogas which will determine one's |
| unification and reach Samadhi or oneness by | | | | financial status. |
| practicing the Ashtangas of Yoga like Yama, | | | | |
| Niyama, etc. (which we discussed in the last | | | | Movable sign having a planet or many planets |
| article). One who achieves the yogic state by | | | | gives the native some wealth, any two of the |
| this mode is considered to be the Raja or | | | | chara rasis occupied by planets brings honour |
| King of Yoga - we can take Swami Vivekananda | | | | and regards for the naïve. The native will |
| as an example. | | | | be having the capacity to mesmerize the |
| | | | public at large, if three movable signs are |
| Bhakthi Yoga - This reaching the ultimate | | | | filled by planets, the native has a very good |
| oneness by sheer devotion and faith. Kuchela | | | | appearance and wealth like Kubera (the God of |
| can be an example for this. The traditional | | | | wealth) when all charas having in them. |
| bhakti yoga does not preach the traditional | | | | |
| pranayama, mudra, yogasnas or controlled | | | | Benefits: |
| meditation. Instead of all these, bhakti yoga | | | | |
| devotes attention towards loving God, | | | | Increasing Flexibility - yoga has positions |
| surrender to obey God's will and love of God | | | | that act upon the various joints of the body |
| towards humanity. | | | | including those joints that are never really |
| | | | on the 'radar screen' let alone exercised. |
| Jivamukti Yoga: Developed in 1986 by Sharon | | | | |
| Gannon and David Life, the Jivamukti Yoga | | | | Massaging of ALL Organs of the Body - Yoga is |
| method expresses the spiritual and ethical | | | | perhaps the only form of activity which |
| aspects of the practice of yoga that have | | | | massages all the internal glands and organs |
| been disregarded or devalued in contemporary | | | | of the body in a thorough manner, including |
| times. | | | | those - such as the prostate - that hardly |
| | | | get externally stimulated during our entire |
| Ananda Yoga: Ananda Yoga classes focus on | | | | lifetime. |
| gentle postures designed to move the energy | | | | |
| up to the brain and prepare the body for | | | | Excellent toning of the muscles - Muscles |
| meditation. Classes also focus on proper body | | | | that have become flaccid, weak or slothy are |
| alignment and controlled breathing. | | | | stimulated repeatedly to shed excess flab and |
| | | | flaccidity. |
| Effects | | | | |
| | | | Improvements in blood circulation |
| Any one of several paths of spiritual | | | | |
| discipline intended to lead a person to | | | | Improvements in our capacity to breathe |
| deliverance from samsara and the realization | | | | fully, and direct the breath to parts of our |
| of moksha--i.e., to at-onement with ultimate | | | | body. This is especially good for helping |
| reality. Specifically, it means a "yoking" of | | | | release stiffness and physical pain. |