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Article #325: Types of Yoga - Their Effects and Benefits

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Yoga originated around 4000 years ago in self by spiritual discipline, a method of
the Far East as a spiritual practice training designed to lead to union of the
designed to realize the Divine nature of human spirit with ultimate reality and
the self. Today in the West, yoga usually release from the limits of the individual
includes three elements of the ego. Also called margas (paths to
traditional yoga techniques: postures (or salvation). Normally following a yoga
asanas in Sanskrit), breath control (or involves apprenticeship to a guru
pranayama) and meditation. Imagine an (spiritual teacher or guide).
activity that increases your flexibility, In the universe, finance is one of the
strengthens your muscles, centers your prime factors for any individual life.
thoughts, and relaxes and calms you. Without financial status, one's life may
Types Of Yoga become misery. It determines and dictates
Raja Yoga - This is attaining Yoga or terms to the individual life. It is our
unification and reach Samadhi or oneness endeavor to inform some yogas which will
by practicing the Ashtangas of Yoga like determine one's financial status.
Yama, Niyama, etc. (which we discussed in Movable sign having a planet or many
the last article). One who achieves the planets gives the native some wealth, any
yogic state by this mode is considered to two of the chara rasis occupied by
be the Raja or King of Yoga - we can take planets brings honour and regards for the
Swami Vivekananda as an example. naïve. The native will be having the
Bhakthi Yoga - This reaching the ultimate capacity to mesmerize the public at
oneness by sheer devotion and faith. large, if three movable signs are filled
Kuchela can be an example for this. The by planets, the native has a very good
traditional bhakti yoga does not preach appearance and wealth like Kubera (the
the traditional pranayama, mudra, God of wealth) when all charas having in
yogasnas or controlled meditation. them.
Instead of all these, bhakti yoga devotes Benefits:
attention towards loving God, surrender Increasing Flexibility - yoga has
to obey God's will and love of God positions that act upon the various
towards humanity. joints of the body including those joints
Jivamukti Yoga: Developed in 1986 by that are never really on the 'radar
Sharon Gannon and David Life, the screen' let alone exercised.
Jivamukti Yoga method expresses the Massaging of ALL Organs of the Body -
spiritual and ethical aspects of the Yoga is perhaps the only form of activity
practice of yoga that have been which massages all the internal glands
disregarded or devalued in contemporary and organs of the body in a thorough
times. manner, including those - such as the
Ananda Yoga: Ananda Yoga classes focus on prostate - that hardly get externally
gentle postures designed to move the stimulated during our entire lifetime.
energy up to the brain and prepare the Excellent toning of the muscles - Muscles
body for meditation. Classes also focus that have become flaccid, weak or slothy
on proper body alignment and controlled are stimulated repeatedly to shed excess
breathing. flab and flaccidity.
Effects Improvements in blood circulation
Any one of several paths of spiritual Improvements in our capacity to breathe
discipline intended to lead a person to fully, and direct the breath to parts of
deliverance from samsara and the our body. This is especially good for
realization of moksha--i.e., to helping release stiffness and physical
at-onement with ultimate reality. pain.
Specifically, it means a "yoking" of the






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