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History of Yoga . answer me this​

Answer 1

HISTORY OF YOGA.

The word yoga from Sanskrit word yuj meaning union.. has many places of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of scared texts and the secretive nature of its teachings.the early writings on yoga were transcribed on fragile palm leaves that were easily damaged,destroyed or lost. The development of yoga can be traced back to over 5,000 years ago,but some researchers think that yoga may be upto10,000 year's old old.yoga's long rich history divided into 4 main periods of innovation, practice and development.

the regular practice of yoga leads to unification of body,mind and

which enables us to experience piece of mind and physical health.the yoga sutras of patanjali date from the 2nd centuryBCE and gained prominence in the west in the 20 th century after being first introduced by swami Vivekananda. hatha yoga texts began to emerge sometime between 9th and 11th century with origins in tantra.

the 4types of yoga.

1. classical yoga.->

classical yoga is a system of spiritual knowledge coming from the scriptures(the Vedas) and handed down by a lineage of teachers. it is not coming from the creativity of one individual .classical yoga is universal and not sectarian and can be practiced by all

2.pre classical yoga->

This covers an extensive period of approximately 2000 years until the second century gnostic text ,called the upanishads that spoke in detail about self and ultimate reality appeared. There are approximately 200 Upanishads one of the most remarkable yoga scriptures is the Bhagavad Gita ,which was composed around 500 .B.C.

3. Vedic yoga->

Vedic yoga is practice based upon the traditional teachings of the Vedas which are the oldest sanskrit writings. the practice of Vedic yoga aims to teach us or true nature which is which is that of Universal consciousness.

4.Post classical yoga->

this period in a yoga affirms the teachings of Vedanta, that there is ultimate Unity in everything in the Cosmos .vedantha is the philosophical system based on the teachings of upanishads the teachings of upanishads the earlier Yogis Emphasis only on meditation and contemplation.

Answer 2

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Yoga was devloped by Patanjali,a revered sage in ancient India. It is a form of physical exercise to control disease.

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