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