Question

What are the two main aspects of Yoga?

Answer 1

Answer:

The fluctuating mind

We hear a lot about altered slates of consciousness, but have we really thought about what this means? Any change in the normal behaviour of the mind can be said to be an altered state. When we get angry it is an altered state of consciousness, when we go to sleep it is another altered state, and when we express ourselves we create altered states. There are some experiences which bring the mind down towards the gross, instinctive and rational plane, and other experiences that go beyond the instinctive and rational level, which are probably best expressed by the term "intuitive states of mind."

The physical aspect of yoga

Of course, there are three aspects of yoga. One is the physical aspect where we try to harmonise the body and become aware of the different types of imbalance within the physical structure which cause various types of stress and tension. Due to muscular and physical stress, a state of imbalance occurs which becomes the cause of different aches and pains, psychosomatic and somopsychic disorders, where the harmony of the body is distorted

The mental aspect of yoga

Up to now we have only been talking about the physical side of yoga. Then comes the mental and possibly the most important area of yoga. Because when we study yogic literature we find that yoga is a form of psychotherapy. The whole process of yoga eventually deals with knowing, understanding and realising the mind.