In this post begins with the most fundamental introductions, and the features are then introduced steadily. Children have a natural liking for pictures and constantly ty to 'do' things on their own. Considering these factors, we have tried to make this post pictorial and activity - oriented. As far as possible, expressive illustrations have been used which will lead to a clearer understanding of yoga concepts. exercises have been included in order to ensure revision and reinforcement of yoga concepts and to facilitate self-learning. We have tried to provide a variety of exercises to make it interesting for the students - ( yoga learners) Some properties and rules that learners need to use again and again while practice yoga .
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What is Yoga :
The history of yoga goes back at least 5,000 Years, and some people claim it is nearer 10,000 years ago. Yoga literally means union. Modern science proves that the whole existence is just one energy to lead you towards this experience, there are various methods. Yoga is a subjective technology, not an objective technology. Whether someone comes relief from backache, In Indian vernacular languages, the word upa yoga. has come to mean something useful, but actually it means sub - yoga or pre - yoga. This can be learnt in five minutes. You can practice it anywhere and the benefits are quite immense. Upa Yoga is a safe way to take yoga to the world large - scale. Yoga is good for the mind and body. Regular practice of yoga helps people to improve their balance and stamina. Although You won't really get out of breath, like you might playing football or running, it does help to keep your heart healthy and you can lose weight. It can also help with back pain. The breathing taught in yoga can help people to reduce stress and anxiety. There are lots of different possible breathing patterns you can do. Yoga also improves concentration and helps people to sleep better, so it's great for anyone.

Yoga benefits : Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. And, If You 're going through an illness, recoverin from surgery or living with a chronic condition, Yoga can become an integral part of your treatment and potentially hasten healing. A yoga therapist can work with patients and put together individualized plans that work together with their medical and surgical therapies. That way, yoga can support the healing process and help the person experience symptoms with more centeredness and less distress. Once people experience the benefits, they will naturally seek yoga in a more serious manner, and that is when yoga should come into their lives. Yoga is not something that you do. Yoga is something that you become. It is not an act, it is a quality. If you cultivate your body, mind, emotions and energies to a certain level of maturity, a certain quality arises within you. That is Yoga.
It's time to roll out your yoga mat and discover the combination of physical and mental exercises that for thousands of years have hooked yoga practitioners around the world.
Learn Yoga from Animals
Since the year 2015, the world has been celebrating June 21st as International Yoga Day. As most of us will know, yoga is a culture of physical, mental and spiritual discipline perfected in ancient India. Yoga as an ancient Indian discipline is a composite practice, involving the complete mind - body-soul complex that is a human being. Here, let us focus on yoga as an integrated system of physical exercises that help us to attain concentration, focus and also improve flexibility, balance, and strength.
From an ancient Indian discipline, let us move to a very contemporary area of research. Experts today are doing a wonderful job of drawing us into the world of biomimicry. In simple terms, bio means life and mimicry is to emulate. Basically biomimicry is the science of solving human problems with solutions already present in the natural world. From this point of view, Yoga is also a form of biomimicry where in typical asanas or poses, we emulate mountains, trees, fish, cats, and so many more animals! This helps solve our problems brought on by day to day living - such as stiffness and back pain - and allows us to feel physically vibrant and mentally sharp.
Before we proceed further, here are a few basic precautions regarding yoga practice :
1. If you are a beginner. You should start practicing yoga either in the presence of a yoga teacher or join yoga class so that you learn the basics and the do's and don'ts of yoga.
2. Asanas should be practiced in a clean, airy and well - lit room. The floor should be level. It is advisable to use a yoga mat. If it is not possible to practice indoors, you may practice on level ground outdoors.
3. The best time to practice is in the morning before breakfast or in the evening before dinner.
Some of the poses described below must be learnt from an instructor before you attempt to practice them on your own.
Let us look at a few well known animal poses in yoga :
Bhujangasana is a beginner's pose. Bhujanga in Sanskrit means a cobra. Bhujangasana is a pose that resembles the posture of a cobra with raise head. This asana helps you tone the muscles of the back and strengthens your spine. It also benefits the chest and shoulders.
Steps :
1. Lie face down. Relax all the muscles completely so that you are completely at ease.
2. Place your palms on the sides just below you shoulders
3. Breathe in deeply as you slowly raise your head.
4. Then smoothly raise the upper part of your body.
5. Do not come up with a jerk. Let your movement be smooth and flowing.
6. Come up slowly so that you feel the movement of the spine vertebra by vertebra.
7. Curve the spine well.
8. The navel must keep touching the ground.
Hold the breath in this position to a count of twenty. Then come down slowly while you breathe out.
To start with you can repeat the process six times.
Simhasana or Lion Pose is a favorite with young people. In this asana, you assume the sitting positing and facial expression of a lion. Although there may be a number of steps, this pose really requires very little effort.
Steps :
1. Sit with your legs folded under you so that your toes are pointing straight behind and you are sitting on your heels.
2. Keep your spine straight but as relaxed as possible.
3. Close your eyes and focus your attention on the Centre of the forehead. In yoga, this point is often referred to as the third eye.
4. Closing your mouth, touch your palette ( roof of you mouth ) with your tongue.
5. Take a deep breath through your nose while your tongue is still touching your palette.
6. Exhale in one strong move while sticking out your tongue and opening your jaws as much as possible. Also, your arms should be thrown out and
stretched with your fingers splayed.
7. Roar at the top of your voice while exhaling. The roar should be with a 'Haa' sound and should not be a long drawn out one. Rather, it should be one strong explosion of breath that empties your lungs in the shortest time possible.
8. Hold this pose for between 20 and 30 seconds.
Do not inhale immediately after this pose inhale, after a few seconds.
Repeat 5 or 6 times.
This asana (posture) gets its name from the way you stick your tongue out as far as possible and the way you hold your fingers splayed out, resembling a roaring lion.
Marjaryasana is a very popular cat pose. This too, is a simple asana for beginners that stretches the muscles of the abdomen and the back. Marjaryasana should be part of your morning yoga routine as it will gently stretch your muscles and get rid of any body aches.
Steps :
1. Start on your hand and knees so that your back is raised in a 'tabletop ' position.
2. Make sure that your knees are positioned directly below your hips. Your wrists, elbows and shoulders should be in line and perpendicular to the floor.
3. Centre your head in a neutral position, with your eyes looking at the floor.
4. As you exhale, smoothly arch your spine upwards towards the ceiling, making sure to keep your shoulders and knees in position.
5. Release your head towards the floor, but don't force your chin to your chest.
Inhale and come back to the neutral 'tabletop' positing on your hands and knees. To start with, you can repeat the process six times.
Garudasana or the Eagle Pose enhances your body's ability to balance itself. It also strengthens the leg muscles and improves the flexibility of the joints by loosening the joint muscles.
Steps :
1. Stand straight on both feet. Raise the right leg and wrap it around the left leg
2. The right thigh should be over the left thigh and the right feet should touch the calf muscles from behind.
3. Similarly, wrap the right hand around the left hand.
4. Now place the palms together to resemble the beak of an eagle.
5. Try to maintain the balance and slowly bend the left leg and lower the body until right toes touch the ground.
6. Try to remain in this pose for long as you can maintain the balance.
After this asana, relax for some time before you repeat the process.
Ustrasana or Camel Pose strengthens the back ; opens the shoulders chest, and quadriceps; it also boosts mood and energy. This yoga posture adds flexibility and strength to the body and also helps in improving digestion.
Steps :
1. Kneel on the yoga mat and place your hands on the hips.
2. Your knees should be in line with the shoulders and the sole of your feet should be facing the ceiling.
3. As you inhale, draw in your tail - bone towards the pubis as if being pulled from the navel.
4. Simultaneously, arch your back and slide your palms over your palms over your feet till the arms are straight
5. Do not strain or flex your neck but keep it in a neutral position.
6 Stay in this posture for a couple of breaths.
7. Breathe out and slowly come back to the initial pose. Withdraw your hands and bring them back to your hips as you straighten up.
Note : You may place a cushion below your knees to ease your way into the pose.
[ Interjections : An interjection is a word that expresses a sudden feeling or emotion. Interjections can express joy, grief, surprise. pain, approval etc.
Look at the some examples :
- Hurrah ! We have won the game. (Joy) 😂
- Ouch ! That hurt. (Pain ) 😕
- Wow ! What a nice picture ! (Approval ) ] 😊
( Some ) Types Of Yoga
- Hatha Yoga
- Vinyasa Yoga
- Bikram Yoga
- Ashtanga Yoga
- lyengar Yoga
- Kundalini Yoga
- Jivamukti Yoga
Hatha Yoga : Hatha Yoga is a branch of yoga which uses physical techniques to preserve and channel the vital force or energy. and it is arguably the tradition most familiar to western culture. The term is derived from the Sanskrit ha, meaning "sun," and tha, meaning "moon," leading to the common interpretation that Hatha practices are designed to unite and balance these two energies. The Sanskrit word hatha literally means "Force," thus alluding to a system of physical techniques.
Vinyasa Yoga : Vinyasa is a style of yoga characterized by stringing postures together so that you move from one to another, seamlessly, using breath. Commonly referred to as "flow" yoga, it is sometimes confused with "Power Yoga". is among the most popular forms of yoga today, yet it may seem intimidating to newcomers to the fitness scene. The Vinyasa style is characterized by a continuous flow of poses . The postures and transitions are linked together with the breath, so often each pose immediately flows to the next. This fast paced style of yoga differs from more traditional styles of yoga, which focus on holding each pose in a steady, static position. Vinyasa is a dynamic and high - energy practice that builds heat in the body, develops strength, and stimulates the cardiovascular system.
Bikram Yoga : Bikram Yoga that became popular in the early 1970s. Class consist of a fixed sequence of 26 postures, practiced in a room heated to 105 ํ F (41 ํ C )with a humidity of 40% intended to replicate the climate of India. Bikram Yoga spread rapidly across America and the Western world, reaching a peak of some 1, 650 studios in at least 40 countri9es in 2006.
Ashtanga Yoga : Ashtanga Yoga (Sanskrit Ashtanga Yoga , Romanized . Ashtanga yoga "the eight parts of yoga" He defined the eight limbs as yams (Abstinences ), niyama (Observances), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption). The eight limbs form a sequence from the outer to the inner. Postures, important in modern yoga as exercise, form just one limb of scheme, he states only that they must be steady and comfortable. The main aim is Kavala, discernment of Purusha, the witness - conscious, as separate from prakriti, the cognitive apparatus, and disentanglement of Purusha from its muddled defilements
lyengar Yoga : lyengar Yoga is a type of Hatha Yoga and was developed by B.K.S. lyengar. Based on the eight limbs of yoga as described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, it emphasizes the precise physical alignment of the body within particular postures. lyengar yoga is a disciplined system with carefully planned and timed sequences. Often, props, such as blocks and belts, are used to ensure students can practice the postures with correct alignment and safely develop their yoga practice over time.
Jivanmukta Yoga : Jivanmukta yoga is a modern hybrid style of yoga that was created and branded by artist David Life and musician Sharon Gannon. The name comes from the Sanskrit jiva (individual living soul) and mukti (the freeing from the eternal cycle of death and rebirth ). Therefore, the full name implies liberation while still living on Earth.
We hope that this post will receive a warm welcome from students, and parents and yoga learners .