History of Hatha Yoga: The history of hatha yoga goes back in the fifteenth century in India with Yogi Swatmarama, a wise time during which took as a form of "a stairway to the heights" of Raja Yoga, the preparation phase is the physical cleaning, which makes the body able to practice the highest form of meditation. Hatha yoga is also known to be called as "hatha vidya" and the word "hatha" is a combination of the words: "ha" which means "sun" tha "means moon, and I said, prinicipal nadis or energy channels of the body and must be fully operational in order to achieve a state of "dhyana" or a certain aspect of meditation.
Some people can make the origins of Hatha Yoga since the tenth or eleventh century, with Goraknath, a yogi in these times. However, the oldest text on hatha yoga is the yoga and religion Yogi, Yogi Swatmarama. The text is from the ancient Sanskrit scriptures and personal experiences to be taken by yogi, Yogi himself. The text refers shatkarma, asanas, pranayama, chakras, kundalini, bandhas kriyas, Shakti, nadis, and mudras among others.
Concept of Hatha Yoga: The general concept of traditional yoga hatha yoga is a holistic way, consisting of moral disciplines, physical exercises, breathing techniques and meditation. Hatha yoga, the widespread and popular in western countries and especially the "asanas" or postures and other exercises.
Hatha Yoga is one of the two concepts of yoga, which concentrates on physical culture and the other is Raja Yoga, Yoga, but now are known as Ashtanga Yoga. The main difference is that Raja Yoga focuses more on the "asanas" or postures to get that represents the body ready for prolonged meditation, which focuses mainly on the meditative asana. Hatha yoga in the other hand, focuses on balancing the body and mind through physical exercises, controlled breathing and calming the mind through meditation and relaxation.
Different positions and postures are recommended by practitioners to minimize or avoid health problems ranging from constipation to cancer. Is said to help reduce stress, pressure, and other mental worries that people today are often exposed.
History of Karma Yoga
Karma yoga also known as Buddhi Yoga or the "discipline of action" focuses on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Sanskrit scripture of Hinduism. One of the four pillars of yoga, Karma yoga focuses on the performance of duty (dharma), while the salary of the remaining independent. It asserts that a (Moksha salvation) or love of God (bhakti) can be achieved by exchanging their duties selflessly for the pleasure of the Board. Karma Yoga is an integral part of many derivative types of yoga, as Natya Yoga.
Concept of Karma Yoga
The word karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, meaning "do" in its most basic sense karma simply means action, and translates the yoga of the Union. Thus Karma yoga literally means the path of union through action. It is as a way of acting, thinking and wanting, with which one acts according to his duty (dharma) without regard to personal selfish desires and aversions is to act described I. E., without emotional involvement, the fruits their works.
In the case of Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, which results in their struggles in the next war "to protect the just cause in accordance with its duty as a warrior, though unfortunate, does not want to fight with his relatives and teachers on the other side.
Krishna tells Arjuna then how should the fruits of their actions (good or bad) about themselves (such as the Supreme Person or avatar):
Krishna describes that allocated work done without cleaning expectations, motives, or anticipation of their results to the mind and gradually individual adjustment of the values of reason to see. He said it was not necessary to remain in solitude without external action or practice of spiritual life with the state of action or inaction is determined solely on the head.
To achieve perfection of life, Krishna describes it is important to enjoy all the wishes and monitoring trends of the joys of the senses. The practice of Karma Yoga in daily life allows a customized fit through action, meditation and devotion to sharpen his reasoning, develop intuitive power of acquiring knowledge and the mind beyond itself.
History of Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga, also known as Yoga, Classical Yoga or simply one of the six orthodox (Astika) schools of Hindu philosophy is described by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. Sometimes known as? Anga known (eight), yoga because there are eight elements are required to attend the path to one. Raja Yoga is based primarily on the cultivation of the mind through meditation (dhyana continue) knowledge of reality and finally achieve liberation.
The term Raja Yoga is a retronym in the 15th Century introduced differ yoga and religion in school about the Yoga Sutras from the new current base of Hatha Yoga.
Concept of Raja Yoga
Raja yoga is concerned primarily with the mind. The spirit is traditionally seen as "king" of psycho-physical structure that His commandments are not exercised (if recognized). Because of the relationship between mind and body, the body as a "tamed" through self-discipline and initially purified by various measures (see Hatha Yoga). A good level of general health and psychological integration must occur before the deeper aspects of yoga can be achieved will continue. People have all sorts of addiction and temptation, and this includes the attainment of tranquil abiding (meditation). Through restraint (yama) such as celibacy, renunciation of drugs, alcohol and care about their own actions of body, speech and mind of man is also to practice meditation. The yoke that is placed within oneself is the alternative meaning of the word yoga.
Patanjali Yoga Sutras begin with the declaration of yoga citta-vtti-nirodha (1. 2), the limits of "Yoga, the vibrations of the mind." It will create the details of the arrangements for the spirit of ideation and meditation false defense of real objects, the process can, as they say, is a spontaneous state of quiet mind, the "Nirbija" or "state without seeds, "in where there is a focus on mental tasks. The practices used for the individual, the possibility that the state is considered to maintain Raja Yoga, verification exercises. Thus, Raja Yoga encompasses and differentiates from other forms of yoga, by) the desire to avoid the kind of absorption in obsessional practice (including other traditional yoga practices that can generate false mental objects. In this corner, Raja Yoga is the king of yogas ": all yogic practices are seen as potential tools for obtaining the seedless state, as the first item in the quest to purify karma and achieve moksha or nirvana. Traditionally, schools of yoga that label of "Raja offer students" a mix of yoga practices and (hopefully) this philosophical viewpoint.