Tuesday, March 27, 2007

10 Key Fundamental Principles of Yoga

What is the key fundamental principles of Yoga? You can find it below:

1. Yoga is traditionally a liberation teaching. It guides us to free ourselves from historical limitations to grow into something greater and better.

2. Yoga is a progressive process of replacing our unconscious into new behavior towards a better life. It is also to achieve self-transformation and practice patience.

3. Various style to accommodate everyone's needs and abilities:
- Raja-Yoga "Royal Yoga" - liberation through meditation
- Hatha-Yoga 'Forceful Yoga" - liberation through physical transformation
- Maria-Yoga "Wisdom of Yoga" - liberation through steady application of higher wisdom
- Karma-Yoga "Action Yoga" - liberation through self-transcending service, relinquishing egos
- Bhakti-Yoga "Devotional Yoga" - liberation through self-surrender
- Tantra-Yoga "Continuity Yoga" - liberation through visualization, ritual, subtle energy work
- Mantra-Yoga "Yoga of Potent Sound" - liberation through the repetition (aloud or mental) of empowered sounds (such as om, ham, ram, hare Krishna, etc.)

4. Yoga is a journey of theory and practice. It is a calling for thoughtful and mindful practice.

5. To understand Yoga completely, one must benefit from a good many yogic practices even without instruction.

6. Learning how to untangle our lives to better our lives.

7. Self-discipline is vital as yoga requires commitment.

8. Yoga is made up of plenty of practices, both physical and mental.

9. Focus is the key to making improvements with yoga.

10. All forms of Yoga have their foundation of moral life with moral virtues like nonviolence, truthfulness, and abstention from theft, compassion and kindness. These are the basics of living a positive life. Without a firm ground in these principles, Yoga cannot lead us to its ultimate goat of liberation.

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