What Is Yoga?

Yoga...For Your Health...For Your Self™

Yoga is a philosophy and science of life that developed in ancient India. The word "yoga" literally means yoke or union. The study and practice of yoga unifies the body, mind, and spirit and incorporates the flow of the life force, or "prana." The student of yoga develops a sense of integration and balance through the practice of postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), and other techniques including meditation.

According to Yoga, we suffer because we live in ignorance of our True Nature. Deep within the mind, our true Self is experienced as undying vastness and creativity.

"Animating everything in creation, this is the source and goal of all life.
The nature of life is to grow toward an ever more perfect and joyous expression of itself. Each living being has a nervous system………that acts as a localized reflector of all-pervading consciousness just as a mirror reflects light. The more developed the nervous system, the more it will express the qualities of pure consciousness – intelligence, creativity and bliss. Yoga is the transformation into this Divine."
Alistair Sheare

Some Benefits of Yoga

  • Self Knowledge
  • Self Acceptance
  • Stretches and tones every muscle, joint, organ, and gland in the body
  • Improves postural alignment
  • Improves cardio-vascular health
  • Reduces the effects of aging
  • Brings deep peace and well-being
  • Increases mental and physical flexibility
  • Deepens your relationship with your Self
  • Increases energy
  • Improves concentration
  • Facilitates the discovery of your "true nature"
  • Yoga is the union of Higher Consciousness and the Individual Self.

 

By practicing techniques of Svadhyaya™ Yoga the Individual Self becomes an increasingly clear reflection of the Highest Consciousness.

when one is practicing, there is no separation.......... simply the wholeness of the undivided self.