{"id":20601,"date":"2025-09-17T17:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=20601"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:10:03","slug":"the-history-yoga-in-early-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/the-history-yoga-in-early-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The History Yoga in Early India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoga found it\u2019s roots in ancient India. To practice\u00a0yoga<\/a>\u00a0is to focus on enhancing both physical and mental discipline. There are many different schools of yoga; some of which I will briefly describe in this article.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0sage<\/a>\u00a0named Patanjali is believed to be the founder of Yoga by many people. He defines yoga as a practice that inhibits changes in the mind. Patanjali\u2019s texts have influenced one of the most followed schools of\u00a0meditation<\/a>\u00a0called Ashtanga Yoga (Eight-Limbed Yoga). Here are the eight limbs:<\/p>\n

1. Yama \u2013 Devoid of lying, violence, covetousness, sensuality and being possessive.<\/p>\n

2. Niyama \u2013 content, study, purity, austerity and belief in god.<\/p>\n

3. Samadhi \u2013 to merge the conscious mind with the object of\u00a0meditation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Dhyana \u2013 Intensely contemplating the nature of meditation.<\/p>\n

5. Pranayama \u2013 to stop (restrain), breath control.<\/p>\n

6. Pratyahara \u2013 Remove the senses from external stimuli.<\/p>\n

7. Asana \u2013 seated\u00a0meditation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8. Dharana \u2013 Focusing on one object.<\/p>\n

These eight rules are practiced in almost every Raja\u00a0yoga<\/a>\u00a0school of\u00a0meditation<\/a>. For those that practice this school of meditation the diversity of the world is not seen to be an illusion. The world is still there and very real. Once a student has reached the highest levels in one of the Raja schools they realize there are many selves discovering themselves independently rather than a single universal self.<\/p>\n

Yoga<\/a>\u00a0is often practiced along with other religions such as Buddhism. The Buddha himself incorporated yogic ideas into his sermons. His philosophies are very different than the ones which showed up in early Brahminic texts. The Buddha believed that being in a meditative state is not the end but one must reach a certain mental state in order to become enlightened. In other words a complete cessation of thought is not the end goal because there should be a certain awareness going on in the mind.<\/p>\n

Yogacara Buddhism is a philosophy that developed in the early days. The whole idea behind it is a path leading to the bodhisattva through means of\u00a0yogic practice<\/a>. The end goal in this school of Buddhism is to reach enlightenment.<\/p>\n

A person practicing\u00a0yoga<\/a>\u00a0might have their sight set on many different goals depending on what school they are practicing. One person might be trying to achieve a healthier life while the next is striving to achieve Moksha (Mukti). Moksha means a release from the endless cycle of dying and being reborn (reincarnation). Someone who has achieved Moksha is also believed to be devoid of the suffering and limits that the physical world once placed on them.<\/p>\n

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Yoga found it\u2019s roots in ancient India. To practice\u00a0yoga\u00a0is to focus on enhancing both physical and mental discipline. There are many different schools of yoga; some of which I will briefly describe in this article. A\u00a0sage\u00a0named Patanjali is believed to be the founder of Yoga by many people. He defines yoga as a practice that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,106,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty-skin-care","category-diet-and-weight-loss","category-exercise-and-fitness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}