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, 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. Yoga is a system that helps human beings to give full play to their potential by raising their consciousness.
Yoga posture uses ancient and easy-to-master skills to improve people's physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual abilities. It is an exercise method to achieve the harmony and unity of body, mind and spirit, including posture method, breathing method and meditation method, so as to achieve the unity of body and mind.
Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical, psychological and spiritual practice, which originated in India and aims to improve your body and mind. 20 14,11February, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 2 1 day as the International Yoga Day, and the first International Yoga Day was held in 20 15.
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The benefits of yoga:
1, increase vitality, and discuss the effects of yoga on the brain and glands.
2. Young appearance and mood: Yoga reduces facial wrinkles and produces a natural "face lifting" effect.
3. Longevity: Yoga affects all the conditions of longevity, such as brain, glands, spine and internal organs.
4, increase disease resistance: yoga exercises to strengthen the body and increase immunity. This enhanced resistance can cope with all kinds of serious diseases, from colds to cancer.
5. Improve eyesight and hearing: Normal eyesight and hearing mainly depend on eyes and ears to get good blood circulation and nerve transmission.
6. Improvement of mental mood: Because yoga has a rejuvenation effect on the glandular nervous system, including the brain, mental mood will naturally show a positive state. It makes you more confident, enthusiastic and optimistic. Daily life will also become more creative.
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