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Yoga Wellness Instructor certified from Morarji Desai National Institute Of Yoga

Hiranyagarbha is the founder of Yoga. And Yoga has been derived from Sanskrit root ' yuj' meaning to bind , join ,attach and yoke.
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The word yoga derived from root word "yug" means join ,and all the yogic postures derived from animal postures our rishis experimented them by replicating those postures and given to us with benefits,and 1st person who thought yoga was lord Shiva to his wife Parvati.
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Yoga is derived from that Sanskrit root word “yuj” which means to join or unite. The simplest translation of the word yoga, then, is “Union".The science of yoga has its origin thousands of years ago, long before the first religions or belief systems were born. In the yogic lore, Shiva...
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Yoga is derived from that Sanskrit root word “yuj”which means to join or unite. The simplest translation of the wordyoga, then, is “Union".The science of yoga has its origin thousands of years ago, long before the first religions or belief systems were born. In the yogic lore, Shiva is seen as the first yogi or Adiyogi, and the first Guru or Adi Guru. The basic philosophical premise of yoga carries with it the implication that the possibility of liberation is a basic part of what it means to be human. So, yoga has been around for as long as humans have. read less
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