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Yoga Week
21.06.2016 to 28.06.2016
: Meditation
-> Pranayama
Introduction
Benefits
Astanga Yoga
Challenges
Cleaning Techniques
Surya Namaskaras
Asanas Practice
Benefits
Reduces stress
Increases vitality, energy, relaxation
Increases blood circulation
Keeps joints juicy, increases muscle strength around
joints to support under pressure
Improves strength and flexibility which reduces the
risk of injury, or re-injury
Improves immunity (i.e. getting sick less often, if at
all)
Can reduce the symptoms of many chronic diseases
(e.g. arthritis and thyroid disorders)
A sense of well being that spreads into your daily life.
Astanga Yoga
(eight fold Yoga)
Yama
Niyama
Asana
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dharana
Dhyana
Samadhi
Astanga Yoga
(eight fold Yoga)
Yama
Ahimsa (Non-violence),
Satya (Truth)
Asteya ( Non-stealing)
Aparigraha (None-accumulation of wealth etc..)
Brahmacharya (Continence / Celibacy)
Astanga Yoga
Niyama
(Five commandments for personal discipline)
1. Saucha (cleanliness)
2. Santosha (Contentment)
3. Tapas ( the endurance to face the pairs of opposites
such as heat and cold; joy and sorrow; regard and
disregard etc)
4. Swadhyaya (Self Study)
5. Ishwarapranidhana ( Dedication / Surrender to god
and work without selfish motives and work not for
praise)
Astanga Yoga
Asana
(the body postures or poses)
Asana ( the posture) is the third step in yoga.
Patanjali says Stira sukham asanam Posture
which is firm and pleasant
Practice of yogasanas eliminates all impurities
from the body
keeps the body in good health & free from any
disease.
Astanga Yoga
Pranayama
Astanga Yoga
Pratyahara (control of senses)
pratyahara (negation) is willful control of senses of
sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Well practiced
pratyahara leads one to achieve the higher step of
Dharana.
Dharana (concentration)
Dharana is connection of the mind to a particular
object.
Astanga Yoga
Dhyana
( Meditation)
Dhyana also known as meditation is the constant
flow of thought. This is the ultimate step which of
practiced well leads to the highest step called
samadhi.
Samadhi (Super-conscious stage)
Samadhi is super-conscious stage the highest step in
Yoga. In this state one enjoys eternal bliss.
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Cleaning Techniques
Jalanethi
Sutranethi
Jaladhouthi
Sankha prakshalana
Right way of drinking water
Surya Namaskaras
Asanas (Postures)
Any steady posture which gives comfort to the
body is known as asana (Sthira sukham
Asanam).
Asanas generally named after the birds, animals
and other objects depending up on the similarity
of the postures.
It is said that 84,00,000 of Asanas
commensurate with all the species on the earth
including in the sea.
One should select and practice Asanas
according to ones capacity.
Asanas (Postures)