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Roots of Yoga is a 2017 book of commentary and translations from over 100 ancient and medieval yoga texts, mainly written in Sanskrit but including several other languages, many not previously published, about the origins of yoga including practices such as āsana, mantra, and meditation, by the scholar-practitioners James Mallinson and Mark Singleton.
Broad identifies evidence supporting some benefits of yoga as exercise, such as reducing anxiety and improving mood, while noting areas where evidence is lacking, such as in weight loss. [1] He also explores the potential of yoga to influence biological aging processes. [1] Broad examines the historical roots of yoga in ancient India. [1]
Yoga as exercise is part of a modern yoga renaissance, [247] a 20th-century blend of Western gymnastics and haṭha yoga pioneered by Shri Yogendra and Swami Kuvalayananda. [248] Before 1900, hatha yoga had few standing poses; the Sun Salutation was pioneered by Bhawanrao Shrinivasrao Pant Pratinidhi, the Rajah of Aundh, during the 1920s. [249]
Its account of pranayama calls for the yogi to sit in lotus position (padmasana) and practice what it calls breath-retention , now called anuloma or nadi shodhana, alternate nostril breathing. It states that this gives the yogi the power of levitation, followed by a range of powers such as great strength and the ability to overcome the ...
A manuscript page from the Yogabija. The Yogabīja describes a fourfold system for attaining liberation (), spanning Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Haṭha Yoga, and Rāja Yoga.It specifically denies that liberation is possible simply by knowledge or jñāna; instead, it argues that the yogin needs both knowledge and yoga, and that liberation results in the yogin becoming an immortal jivanmukti ...
Yoga in Britain begins with a "Prologue" that describes modern yoga as a worldwide practice, briefly tracing its roots in the ancient spiritual practices of India's various religions. It notes the origins of postural yoga in Hatha Yoga from around 1100 AD, and states, following Andrea Jain and others, that since yoga has varying meanings and ...
It makes yoga even more accessible to those 50 years of age and older by offering the support of the chair and making this practice even lower impact." Chair yoga is essentially a gentler version ...
Theos Casimir Hamati Bernard [1] (1908–1947) was an American explorer and author known for his work on yoga and religious studies (particularly in Tibetan Buddhism).He was the nephew of Pierre Arnold Bernard, "Oom the Omnipotent", [2] and like him became a yoga celebrity.