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Pranayama

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  Prāṇāyāma (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम prāṇāyāma) is a Sanskrit word meaning "extension of the prāṇa or breath" or, "extension of the life force". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Prana, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "ayāma", to extend or draw out. (Not 'restrain, or control' as

Why Yoga

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Galaxies from stars, stars from the elements, the elements are atoms, atoms have electrons, electrons have axial spin, electrons orbit a nucleus, elements makeup the earth, the earth rotates on its own axis, the earth is part of a cluster of planets, this cluster of planets orbits the sun (solar

Yoga Poses

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Ancient Yoga books are saying that there are Eighty four thousand living beings in our planet. So Yoga poses are also that much. But for understanding this much Yoga poses is too hard for a human being, so its been reduced to Eighty four main poses (Yogasanas) by old scientists (Rishi). This

Meditation

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Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or to achieve self liberation. Every living being longs to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the

History

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Yoga is found to be as old as civilization; we can't prove it with a physical evidence. Archaeological evidence of Yoga's existence could be found in stone seals which depict figures of Yoga Poses. The stone seals place Yoga's existence around 3000 B.C. Scholars, however, have a reason to believe

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