Indian yoga is a fitness technique that originated in ancient India. Through physical and mental exercises, it can achieve the functions of physical and mental harmony, physical fitness and development of human potential. Indian yoga is a philosophical system that helps people to give full play to their potential by raising awareness, and a sports system under its guidance. It is a form of exercise to achieve the harmony and unity of body, mind and spirit.
Around 300 BC, patanjali, the founder of Indian Yoga, wrote the Yoga Sutra, on the basis of which Indian yoga really took shape, and the practice of yoga was formally defined as a complete eight-branch system. Patanjali is a saint of great significance to yoga. He wrote the Yoga Sutra, which endowed all the theories and knowledge of yoga. In this book, yoga has formed a complete system for the first time. Patanjali is regarded as the ancestor of Indian yoga.
The development of yoga
Yoga, which is popular and hot in many different parts of the world in recent years, is not only a popular or fashionable fitness exercise. Yoga is a very ancient energy knowledge cultivation method, which integrates philosophy, science and art. Yoga is based on ancient Indian philosophy. For thousands of years, psychology, body and spirit have become an important part of Indian culture.
Today, yoga has become a widely spread physical and mental exercise method in the world. From India to Europe, America, Asia-Pacific, Africa, etc., it is highly respected for its obvious effect on psychological decompression and physical health care. At the same time, various yoga methods are constantly evolving, such as Bikram yoga, hatha yoga, high-temperature yoga, health yoga and so on, as well as some yoga management sciences. In modern times, there are also some influential yoga figures.