THE ART OF YOGA
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Fitness and Oneness combined together in a beautiful match. Yoga, Chakras,Love, and body/mind/spirit awakenings are the riches of ones being.
History of Yoga
Hinduism and Buddhism has a major influence towards Yoga. Yoga was practiced in the fifth century BCE.
Yoga may also be known as the art of discipline as its exercises will test you spiritually,physically, and mentally.
‘Guru’ the jack of all traits, the enlightened mind, is also apart of Yoga. Yoga Gurus do not just influence a art form,but a sense of culture. Yoga Guru’s were actually the first to propose yoga to the west in the 20th Century.
1980 Yoga was known as a form of exercise in the US and often mixed up with pilates for toning, building strength, and endurance to the mind and body. However, Yoga and Pilates differ to vast degrees from one another. They represent two different things. Yoga is more of an enlightening for of exercise, mixed with chakras, and enlightening methods that strengthen the mind. While Pilates is an endurance based exercise to shape only the body. There are no ‘spiritual guru’s ‘ in Pilates, unlike in Yoga.
Yoga has cured some of the worlds strongest diseases both the type that may have been since birth or newly obtained.
The word Yoga relates to the words of such as ‘unite’ ‘join’ and ‘come into one’.
YOGA POSITIONS
Common Types of Yoga Positions are known as:
Balancing
Chest Openers
Buttox Yoga
Arm Balancers
Binds
Backbends
Forward Bends
Hip Openers
Inversion
Seated
Upright Poses
Seated
Restorative Poses
The Twists
Yoga Chants
Yoga Quotes
Chakra and Astrology
Yoga Quotes
”In the darkness, I am light.”
“All I’m saying is that to liberate the potential of your mind, body and soul, you must first expand your imagination. You see, things are always created twice: first in the workshop of the mind and then, and only then, in reality. I call this process ‘blueprinting’ because anything you create in your outer world began as a simple blueprint in your inner world.” ~ Robin Sharma,
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” Gandhi.“I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.” ~ by Rumi –
“Our bodies are our gardens—our wills are our gardeners.“ Shakespeare.
“The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.” ~ Rodney Yee
“True meditation is about being fully present with everything that is–including discomfort and challenges. It is not an escape from life.” ~ Craig Hamilton
“Your health is a state of mind.”
Chakras,Astrology, Yoga
First Chakra – Kundalini – Root Chakra or Base Chakra
Astrological Signs – All
Related Musical Note – C Vowel Sound – U (you) Element – Earth Sense – Smell
Crystals – Agate, Bloodstone, hematite, garnet, ruby and red jasper
Second Chakra – Sacral Plexus
Astrological Signs – All
Related Musical Note – D Vowel sound – o (home) Chakra Element – Water Sense – Taste
Crystals – Carnelian, coral, gold, calcite, amber, citrine, gold topaz, peach aventurine and moonstone
Third Chakra – Solar Plexus
Related Musical Note – E
Vowel sound – o (top)
Astrological Signs – All
Chakra Element – Fire
Sense – Sight Crystals – Citrine, gold topaz, amber, tiger eye, gold calcite and gold
Fourth Chakra – Heart
Astrological Signs – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Related Musical Note – F Vowel sound – a (far) Element – Air Sense – Touch Crystals – Emerald, green and pink tourmaline, malachite, green jade, green aventurine, chrysoprase, kunzite, rose quartz, ruby, fluorite and moldavite
Fifth Chakra – Throat
Astrological Signs – Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo
Related Musical Note – G Vowel sound – e (let) Element – Ether & Earth Sense – Sound Crystals – Turquoise, chrysocolla, chalcedony, blue sapphire, celestite, blue topaz, sodalite, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, azurite and kyanite
Sixth Chakra – Third Eye or Brow Chakra
Astrological Signs – Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Related Musical Note – A Vowel sound – e (me) Element – Light & Water Sense – intuitiveness or ESP Crystals – Lapis lazuli, azurite, fluorite, sodalite, quartz crystal, sapphire and indicolite tourmaline
Seventh Chakra – Crown Chakra
Astrological Signs – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Related Musical Note – B Vowel sound – ohm Element – Thought & Fire Sense – Will Crystals – Amethyst, alexandrite, purple fluorite, sugilite, quartz crystal, diamond and selenite