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Yoga

Quick Points to Remember

• Yoga is a way of living that aims mainly at healthy body and mind.
• Yoga has its deep roots in the past and is around since more than 5000
years ago.
• The word ‘Yoga’ is derived from the Sanskrit language and it simply
means ‘to join’, ‘to attach’ or ‘to unite’.
• Yoga recharges the body with cosmic energy and has a holistic effect.

• The discipline or exercises of Yoga originated in ancient India.

Introduction:
In this hectic world, human beings have become robotic- physically, mentally and
even emotionally. The modern generation is failing to follow work-life balance due
to work and peer pressures. Life has become more materialistic, competitive and
goal-oriented. High pressures and tensions of modern lifestyle are the main causes
of psychosomatic ailments.
The good thing is recent researchers have documented that mind; the psyche plays
a vital role in the majority of these psychosomatic diseases. Hence, people have now
turned towards the ancient Indian science, Yoga and Ayurveda to treat these
diseases with their holistic approach. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines
health as a state of well-being at mental, physical, social and spiritual levels and not
just the absence of illness or infirmity".
In the Indian treasures like the Bhagavad Gita, it is said that ‘Yoga is the journey of
the self, through the self, to the self’.

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