How is Yoga beneficial to the mind and body?
I am going to begin taking a Yoga class today. I want to know a bit about how Yoga is beneficial to the mind and body.
I know each person is different so your personal experience with Yoga would help.
Hatha Yoga Books
February 11, 2010 by admin
Filed under Books, Hatha Yoga
History Of Hatha Yoga – Hatha Yoga Books
Hatha Vidya, otherwise known as Hatha Yoga has been practiced since it’s introduction by Yogi Swatmarama in India in the 15th Century CE. This style of yoga brings about the purification of the physical body in order to make it ready for spiritual meditation.
Unfortunately many people these days regard Hatha yoga from a purely physical perspective. That is, they use it to bring health and fitness to the body but forget about any spiritual attainment. Hatha is really about the joining and unifying of two different energies, that of the sun and the moon. Hatha quite literally means sun(Ha) and moon(Tha).
You can find yoga books for every age group and person. Pregnant women often like to perform yoga to keep their body healthy during childbirth but you can also find yoga books and poses for children and the elderly. It is also of great benefit to those who want to learn yoga but are a little shy doing so in front of a class.
Often you will find illustrated Hatha Yoga poses in good books. They will show you with detailed descriptions how, when and where to do each pose. If you join a yoga class it’s easy to forget the lessons learned as time goes by, but if you have a book to remind you of the poses you can always pick it up again where you left off.
Hatha Yoga books will focus on the strengthening and cleansing of the body. In this way the body becomes equipped and able to hold a higher level of spirituality. You will want to find something that explains to you all the postures as well as how to purify the interal organs and detailed descriptions of different deep breathing exercises which are a vital part of cleansing the body.
Whether you attend a class or learn from a book you will find that one pose will merge into another. I mean that the initial poses you learn will help you to perform the more complex, more advanced poses. If you are learning from a book make sure it is illustrated or has an accompanying DVD so you can clearly see how to perform the poses.
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