Monday, April 02, 2007
A Brief Introduction To Hatha Yoga
Yoga at last is coming into its own in the Western world. After
many years of being dismissed as a bizarre cult attractive only
to eccentrics, it is today recognized as a fundamental art and
skill. More than that, many of its most bitter opponents, people
who were among the first to cry down Yogic culture, have now
embraced it as a way of life.
The ancients who formulated the science of Yoga were way ahead
of us in our modern world of stress and hurry. Recognizing,
thousands of years ago, man's basic need for discipline to
counteract the physical and spiritual deterioration caused by the mere fight for survival, they evolved a science which is at
once as ancient as India herself and as modern as the space age.
The law of Yoga is the law of Life. Yoga embodies the secrets of
successful living and combines profound and age-old truths with
a way of life acceptable to the modern mind. It was evolved from
the Veda, one of the most ancient scriptural books known to
mankind in which Indian saints and sages taught that the
Universe is one and that all religions are paths ascending the
same mountain towards Eternal Truth.
Continue To Read The Full Article Here : A Brief Introduction To Hatha Yoga
many years of being dismissed as a bizarre cult attractive only
to eccentrics, it is today recognized as a fundamental art and
skill. More than that, many of its most bitter opponents, people
who were among the first to cry down Yogic culture, have now
embraced it as a way of life.
The ancients who formulated the science of Yoga were way ahead
of us in our modern world of stress and hurry. Recognizing,
thousands of years ago, man's basic need for discipline to
counteract the physical and spiritual deterioration caused by the mere fight for survival, they evolved a science which is at
once as ancient as India herself and as modern as the space age.
The law of Yoga is the law of Life. Yoga embodies the secrets of
successful living and combines profound and age-old truths with
a way of life acceptable to the modern mind. It was evolved from
the Veda, one of the most ancient scriptural books known to
mankind in which Indian saints and sages taught that the
Universe is one and that all religions are paths ascending the
same mountain towards Eternal Truth.
Continue To Read The Full Article Here : A Brief Introduction To Hatha Yoga
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