Yoga (English: yoga, Hindi:) is a Chinese vocabulary, which originated from Indian Sanskrit "yug" or "Yuji", meaning "consistency", "combination" or "harmony". Yoga originated in ancient India and is one of the six philosophical schools in ancient India. It explores the truth and method of "the unity of Brahma and Me". What modern people call yoga is mainly a series of methods to cultivate one's self-cultivation.
Around 300 BC, Patanjali (English: Patanjali, Hindi:), the founder of Indian Mahayana 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. Yoga is a system that helps human beings to give full play to their potential by raising their consciousness.
Development history
Yoga 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. Ancient yoga believers developed a yoga system because they believed that by exercising and regulating breathing, they could control their thoughts and emotions and maintain a healthy body.
Yoga originated in India and has a history of more than 5,000 years. It is called "the treasure of the world". Yoga originated in the Himalayan foothills of northern India. Yoga practitioners in ancient India created a series of physical and mental exercise systems, namely postures, by observing, imitating and experiencing animal postures.