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‘Yog Types’ News

Raj Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:17

An important branch of Yoga, Raj Yog is a one stop solution for complete and holistic healing. Raj Yog possesses the positive power of influencing the life of human beings. Apart from harmonizing with all spheres the physiological system, it also transforms the physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, occupational, social and ...

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Purna Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:14

An improvisation over the traditional Yoga systems of India, Purna Yog or Integral Yog is the art, wherein, people are taught to loving their own self by living from the heart. Just as the name suggests, 'Purna' which means 'complete', the Yog aims at attaining a union of the body, ...

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Mantra Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:12

Mantra yog is the chanting of mantras - words, phrases or syllables - in an attentive and thoughtful way, to attain certain goals. It is a form of meditation, in which one has to chant the mantra until he/she transcends his/her mind and emotions. In the process, the person discovers ...

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Kundalini Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:08

Kundalini Yog is an ancient form of Yoga, which creates a communication between the mind and the body by making use of a set of technique that involve the mind, senses and body. In Sanskrit, the word 'kundalini' literally means 'something that is coiled'. The life force, lying dormant in ...

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Karma Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:06

Karma Yog is the consecration of all the actions and their outcomes to the Almighty. Known as the Yoga of action, Karma Yog purifies the heart, for the reception of the Divine Light and attainment of the knowledge of one's own self. The ultimate aim of Karma Yog is to ...

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gyan yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 6:04

gyan Yog is the Yog of true knowledge, which incessantly strives to know and understand the difference between the real and unreal, the permanent and the temporary. The holistic path of gyan Yog was described as a straight, but steep course, by Sadananad in his Vedanta-Sara, a 15th century text. ...

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Hatha Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 5:59

Introduced by Yogi Swatmarama in the 15th century in India, Hatha Yoga is one of the prominent types of Yoga. Hatha Yog is the origin of many other styles of Yog, including Power Yoga, Bikram Yog, Kundalini Yoga and Ashtanga Yog. The word 'hatha', derived from Sanskrit, means the combination ...

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Bhakti Yog

Monday, September 7, 2009 5:55

Bhakti Yoga, as the name suggests, is the spiritual practice of loving devotion or 'Bhakti' to the Almighty. It lays emphasis on the love and devotion of a devotee to the God. Highly religious though, Bhakti Yoga should be adopted by every human being, living in this world of infidelity ...

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