Meaning Of Yoga Defined By The Classic Hatha Yoga

The term ‘Yoga’ is derived from the Sanskrit verb ‘YUJ’ meaning ‘to join’ or ‘to yoke’ or ‘to unite’ or ‘to integrate’ which means total integration of the physical, mental, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of human personality.

Historically, this term refers to a wide range of bodily postures that have been transmitted by teachers in India for thousands of years.

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Many of these postures or asana have been defined by the classic Hatha Yoga tradition, the tradition from which the word Yoga comes.

• Hatha means union,

  • “Ha” means sun and
  • “tha” means moon.

Therefore “Hatha Yoga” means a balanced union, a system for creating the balanced wellbeing of the total person as Yoga joins the mind, body, and spirit into a balanced whole.

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While we are on the path to achieving our highest spiritual potential, asana practice promotes structural stability, physiological immunity, and emotional health, as it helps us restore and develop

• Balance,
• Flexibility,
• Stability,
• Strength,
• Skeletal alignment, and
• Mechanical freedom

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