Why Yoga is misinterpreted nowadays as a bodily conception? Lets discuss. -- Yoga acharya Karthik

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Harshad J Salla

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Yoga is not Exercise which people think. Yoga is YUJ where mind and body becomes one and attains harmony. As it is said once the body is at peace and then you proceed towards mind. Yoga is not exercise it is way of life
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I hope, you mean asana. Yoga is not only about asana - physical activity. Before asana there are Yama and Niyama, when we ignore to value Yama and Niyama, we end up giving undue value for asana. Asana will work only when Yama and Niyama are mastered. Till people who teach Astanga Yoga do not give importance...
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I hope, you mean asana. Yoga is not only about asana - physical activity. Before asana there are Yama and Niyama, when we ignore to value Yama and Niyama, we end up giving undue value for asana. Asana will work only when Yama and Niyama are mastered. Till people who teach Astanga Yoga do not give importance to Yama and Niyama, people will continue misinterpreting not only asana but dhyana, samadhi and moksha too. read less
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Yoga is the medium to connect your body with your own spirituality, human body made by 5 element of The Earth and the "Athma" (Breath) make it alive as long as you can balance all elements all together by the way of your life style, yog is the medium where people make themselves healthy and spiritual...
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Yoga is the medium to connect your body with your own spirituality, human body made by 5 element of The Earth and the "Athma" (Breath) make it alive as long as you can balance all elements all together by the way of your life style, yog is the medium where people make themselves healthy and spiritual by the practice of it, only the way you need perfect Practitioner to learn from. read less
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For common people it is always difficult to understand metaphysical concepts like dhyan, moksha as they do not have dimensions for visualization. That is the reason the concept of Yoga = asanas (yogic postures) have flourished especially in western world. In Astang Yoga, as the previous speakers have...
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For common people it is always difficult to understand metaphysical concepts like dhyan, moksha as they do not have dimensions for visualization. That is the reason the concept of Yoga = asanas (yogic postures) have flourished especially in western world. In Astang Yoga, as the previous speakers have said, the first two: Yama ( social code of conduct) and Niyama ( personal code of conduct) are essential to master before learning asanas (yogic postures). The importance of Yama and Niyama can be explained by a simple metaphor. An artist cannot paint canvas which is muddy and filthy, similarly a person cannot become a true yogi unless he practices Yama and Niyama in his daily life. These are also termed as sadvritta or good conduct in Ayurveda. read less
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Hi Karthikeyan, Now a days yoga is mostly understood as asana and not more than that. Its happening because of two major factor 1. We believe we know more about our concepts, So we will study subjects like Tai Chi, etc.. 2. Western influence about how we study yoga. Most books on yoga now a...
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Hi Karthikeyan, Now a days yoga is mostly understood as asana and not more than that. Its happening because of two major factor 1. We believe we know more about our concepts, So we will study subjects like Tai Chi, etc.. 2. Western influence about how we study yoga. Most books on yoga now a days are based on the western interpretation based on the body level. Whereas, yoga's work on body(Annamaya kosha) is just a beginning. And a long way to go. Hope I have conceived by view on this, Please feel free to catch up for some more intellectual question. LET US DISCUSS :-) read less
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The misinterpretation is done by the people who are not much learned in Yoga. They can interpret any thing.
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There is body mind and breath relation.
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My friend this could be due to mainly two reasons, 1st people are not aware of complete science & philosophy of yoga. they just think of postures as a yoga. 2nd many teachers are just half baked and they don't know the proper way of delivering info and knowledge to enlighten others. -Ananda Bodhi
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Its relay misconception.
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Not just now . since ages it has been misrepresented. first of all people who teach Yoga do not understand yoga themselves and therefore spread wrong knowledge. Secondly very few have the interest, patience in something like Pranayama and meditations and in knowing about the ultimate aim of yoga which...
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Not just now . since ages it has been misrepresented. first of all people who teach Yoga do not understand yoga themselves and therefore spread wrong knowledge. Secondly very few have the interest, patience in something like Pranayama and meditations and in knowing about the ultimate aim of yoga which is enlightenment. Everyone is concerned about looking good and the physical aspect. read less
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