Sanskrit Poses
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“Yoga is abiding by the principles of truth and avoiding the path of untruth. Yoga is a science which is meant for the study of the reflective. It is for those who are convinced that the world of the senses has nothing substantial to offer. Yoga is a process of continuous transformation. The inner perfection of self-realization can only come to be revealed by experience. This happens only progressively. The transformation of one's personality is achieved through stage (Swami Sivananda)”. Yoga helps to process one’s inner being in the deepest sense and discover their inner truth. By practicing yoga, we enable our mind to establish an utter awareness of our spiritual being and allows us to reflect and develop ourselves from within.
To attain these introspective realizations, we must remove ourselves from our conscious mind and transcend beyond our visceral senses. Yoga, regardless of the specific discipline in which one trains, prepares our body and mind to tolerate the rigors of prolonged meditations. Therefore, the asanas that we practice aim, first and foremost, to form a strong, stable and well-conditioned physical being that can enable meditation. Each discipline within yoga approaches this task by different strategies, yet all have a single overarching goal, to enable our bodies to withstand the rigors of meditation and free our minds to meditate without distraction.
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Yoga Glossary
Sanskrit Poses
Yoga Glossary
Includes a short introduction to the different poses (Asanas) and the respective terminology of each exercise in Sanskrit, Hebrew, and English