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Do you consider Yogic practice an essential component of your path?
On the Relevance of Yoga -
Khephra on Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:15 am
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Re: On the Relevance of Yoga -
Hadrianswall on Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:55 am
Forgive the pedentry, but by Yoga do you mean Hatha Yoga?
My understanding of the word Yoga is 'a system which leads to unity consciousness through disciplined practice'. My interpretation comes from the Sanskrit root 'yuj' which can be translated as 'to control, to yoke or to unite.'
Although it does a great dis-service to reduce them down so, 5 major branches of Indian yoga could be defined as:
Obviously there are also many, many more forms of Yoga, but these 5 alone cover many practices.
My understanding of the word Yoga is 'a system which leads to unity consciousness through disciplined practice'. My interpretation comes from the Sanskrit root 'yuj' which can be translated as 'to control, to yoke or to unite.'
Although it does a great dis-service to reduce them down so, 5 major branches of Indian yoga could be defined as:
- Raja Yoga - mind/mediation
- Jnana Yoga - mental/knowledge
- Bhakti Yoga - heart
- Hatha Yoga - body
- Karma Yoga - right-living
Obviously there are also many, many more forms of Yoga, but these 5 alone cover many practices.
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Re: On the Relevance of Yoga -
fiatlux on Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:44 pm
When votation I kept in mind it was Hatha Yoga, so I pushed no. If you mean in the terms of Hadrianswall of "a system which leads to unity consciousness through disciplined practice", I'd say yes. 
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Re: On the Relevance of Yoga -
Khephra on Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:33 am
When someone says "yoga", I see no reason to automatically associate it with "hatha". Why the stereotyping?
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Re: On the Relevance of Yoga -
Frater_NS on Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:57 am
I assumed the poll "yoga" was Hatha Yoga as well. 
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Re: On the Relevance of Yoga -
emperorzombie on Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:47 am
long as it isnt hollywood yoga
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