Today we share some Interesting Information and Facts about Yoga you may know. You may think that Yoga is only a physical exercise where people twist, turn, stretch, and breathe in the most complex ways. These are actually only the most superficial aspect of this profound science of unfolding the infinite potentials of the human mind and soul. Read
Interesting Information and Facts about Yoga you may know
- The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Yuj‘, which means ‘to unify’ or ‘to yoke’.
- Yoga can prevent you from many sexual diseaes.
- According to scientific reasearch, Yoga can help to get better physical and mental changes.
- The first International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21 june 2015 and about more than 175 countries participated in it.
- There are many Yoga institutes in America where people practice yoga in Nudity position.
- A 2008 market study in Yoga Journal reported that some 16 million Americans practice yoga and spend $5.7 billion a year on gear.
- An Indian study claims that yoga can help premature ejaculation.
- Patanjali (150 B.C.) was an Indian sage who recorded a series aphorism on how to practice yoga in the text Yoga Sutras. While Patanjali is typically considered the father of yoga, yoga was around long before Patanjali.
- Yoga is defined as having eight branches or limbs. (Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyhara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi).
- Research has suggested that yoga improves social and occupational functioning in schizophrenic patients.
- Some Christian & Muslim Sectors Oppose the Practice of Yoga.
- Hindu teacher Swami Vivekananda came to the United States in 1890, bringing along with him his vast knowledge of yoga.
- Doga” is a type of yoga in which people use yoga to achieve harmony with their pets. Dogs can either be used as props for their owners or they can do the stretches themselves. It reportedly started in New York in 2002 when Suzi Teitelman started “Yoga for Dogs”.
- The yoga symbol “Om” is found in Hindu and Tibetan philosophy. It is said to be the primordial sound of the universe and is connected to the Ajna Chakra (the conscience) or “third eye” region.
- A York University study found that practising yoga reduces physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.
- In 2008, a council of muftis in Malaysia banned yoga for Muslims. The believed that the Hindu elements of a standard 60-minute yoga class could destroy the faith of Muslims.
- Most scholars agree that even though yoga and Hinduism are closely related, and that yoga is within religion, it is not itself a religion. Yoga is more often considered a type of spirituality.
These are some Interesting Information and Facts about Yoga you may know
Do YOGA and live a healthy life.