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RE-EMERGENCE of YOGA Parishodh Journal Volume IX, Issue III, March/2020 ISSN NO:2347-6648 Page No:9158 Parishodh Journal ISSN NO:2347-6648 RE-EMERGENCE OF YOGA 1Dr. Pradeep Kumar, 2Dr. DeepshikhaBansla 1Assistant Professor & Head ,Dept. of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Veerbhumi Govt. P.G. College, Mahoba, U.P.,India. 2Center Head, Aptech Montana Pre International School, Mahoba, U.P., India Abstract Introduction- Yoga is the ancient and oldest form of Exercise in the Universe. In the yogic tradition, Lord Shiva, or Shankar or Mahadev is known as the very first yogi and known as Adiyogi, and he is the first Yog Teacher or Adi Guru. Yoga is a science which derive its basis from thousands years ago, even long before when the first religions or belief systems were born.not only in Hinduism but Yoga has its roots in Jainism and Buddhism also. If we talk about modern Yoga we see that in last 8 years Yoga have changed its fate. It has been evolved into several new forms such as, Power yoga,Hot yoga, Ariel Yoga, Corporate Yoga, Acro Yoga, Snake Yoga, Got Yoga, etc. Yoga is an ancient practice, whose important texts are found in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions. Maharashi Patanjali was the first man who introduced the eight parts of Yoga known as Ashtang Yoga to the world. Yoga is now an international trend,it is taken as an spiritual enlightenment for those seeking spiritual awakening and also a form of exercise for fitness freaks. Worldwide near about 300 million people practice Yoga. As of now India has 100 million Yoga practitioner and following India, America has the second highest number of Yogis today. There are near about 72% female and 28% percent Male Yoga practitioner worldwide. Hot Yoga is the most popular form of Yoga in Modern times. Swami Vivekananda introduces Hath Yoga to the West. Nirmala Devi was the first women to Introduce Yoga to West especially in America. B.K.S. Iyengar and Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Swami Mahiesh Yogi are other famous Yoga Gurus who have introduced new Forms of Yoga to Western Worlds. In last decades Yoga has gained tremandous popularity in the world. In recent days many people like Sri Sri Ravishankar,H.H. Pujya Shri ChidanandSaraswati, Shri Jaggi Vasudev and Swami Ramdev are the profound promoters who are responsible for the renaissance of Yoga in India again. Swami Ramdev stands out of all the promoters as he is the one who made yoga reach to every single of this nation today because of his systematic approach for the introduction of yoga has been very effective and he becomes a reason behind the great popularity of Yoga and Pranayam. After the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts UN has introduced 21st June as International Yoga Day from 2014. Now not only in India but worldwide near about every country and religion is getting the benefits of Yoga. Yoga also has a number of opportunities for making career as Yoga experts. Key Words- Tradition, Belief System, Hot Yoga, Corporate Yfdsaoga, Ashtang Yoga, Hath Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar, Sivananda, Narendra Modi, International Day of Yoga. Introduction: Yoga is the oldest form of systematic exercise practiced even today. It has its roots in Hindu Civilization. Yoga does not recommend a particular religion, belief system or community; rather Yoga has always been received as a way of improving lives. Whosoever Volume IX, Issue III, March/2020 Page No:9158 Parishodh Journal ISSN NO:2347-6648 practices, any form of Yoga, is entitled to get the related benefits, irrespective of one‘s faith, ethnicity or culture. Fundamentally, Yoga is a sacred discipline which is based on an abstruse science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body while connecting it to the the supreme authority at the same time. It is an art and science of well living. Yoga is an ancient practice, whose rational fundamental texts are found in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain literature . The word ‗Yoga‘ is a derivative from the Sanskrit root ‗Yuj‘, which means is ‗to join‘ or ‗to yoke‘ or ‗to unite‘. As per the sacred texts the practice of Yoga can lead to the union of individual existence with that of the supremel Consciousness,which represents the perfect harmony among mind and soul which leads to further harmony between between Man & Nature. Any Individual who experiences this oneness of existence is said to be in yoga, and he or she is termed as a yogi, having attained to a state of freedom referred to as mukti, nirvana or moksha. Thus the final aim of Yoga is Self-realization, or we can say that to triumph over all kinds of sufferings which leads to 'the state of liberation' (Moksha) or ‗freedom‘ (Kaivalya). Yoga is just not a way of exercising but it is also an ageold ‗everliving cultural outcome‘ of our very famous Indus Saraswati Valley civilization – dating back to 2700 B.C., and it has proved itself providing to both physical and spiritual progression of humanity. Basic humane values are the very uniqueness of Yoga Sadhana. Development of Yoga: A historical Perspective :- Historically it is very hard to say that when exactly Yoga was formulated but if we go through the ancient literature we found that Veda have the description of Yoga. The knowledge of yoga is very old and it is passing from one teacher to another teacher from ancient times. Yoga has been preserved from the starting of Civilization. The science of yoga has its root thousands years ago, it has its root long before the first religions or belief systems were born. In the yogic tradition, Lord Shiva is known as the very first yogi and known as Adiyogi, and he is the first Yog Teacher or Adi Guru. Mahadev also called as the god of yog that is Yogeshwar, is said to rule over all the aspects of yoga, relative to body, mind and consciousness. According to historical literature on yoga and meditation it is found that Lord Shiva is the lord of meditation. Lord Shiva is the father of Jnana Yoga which is also known as the yoga of knowledge, through the power of the silent mind, Lord Shiva‘s first teaching of Yoga was to Mata Parvati, his wife. Lord Shiva taught 84 Asans to Parvati and he became Adi Guru or Adi Yogi. These 84 Asans of Yoga are from vaidiv Parampara. After that Adiyogi Mahadev poured his deep knowledge of Yoga and Meditation to ‗Saptrishi‘ Seven Rishis , thousand years back, at the bank of the lake Kantisarovar in the Himalayas. Adi Yogi Lord Shiva is said to transfer this teaching himself to the rishis which used to be known as18 Siddhas later. After that, these 18 siddhas communicated the divine knowledge to us human being. After these divine teachings many traditions come into existence and these traditions still are in continuance. In the South, the Siddha Agastiar or Agastya Muni was said to be the first to spread this wisdom of yog and created the forbearers of Siddhas who excelled in many sciences along with yog such as Tantra, Medicine, Astrology and other relevant subjects. Volume IX, Issue III, March/2020 Page No:9159 Parishodh Journal ISSN NO:2347-6648 These great techniques of Yogic Science became advanced over the years through various yoga experts, who got perfection in this art and then pour the deep knowledge of it to their disciples. Today, yoga is the world's fastest rising wellness treatment because it presents spirituality as technology. The history of yoga has many places of insignificance and uncertainty because initially it was oral transmission of sacred holy texts and the secretive nature of its teachings and traditions. Old Yoga scripture was written on leaves of tress and called as Pandulipi, that was the only available means to store the information in written format but the drawback was that those pandulipi were very fragile and prone to decay if not preserved with utmost care, because of this many precious pandulipis have got lost. Some evidences proves that the advancement of yoga can be traced back to over 5,000 years ago, but some researchers think that yoga may be up to 10,000 years old. In modern times we can divide Yoga history into following main six period of Innovation, practice and development. Image-1 Pre-Classical Yoga- When we talk about Pre-Classical Yoga period first of all we come to know that Rig Veda is the first and Oldest Scared text which consists word Yoga. However the most well-known of the Yogic scriptures is the Bhagavad-Gîtâ, which was composed around 500 B.C.E. at the time of Mahabharata. Lord Krishna is also known as Yogeshvara, or "the Master of Mystic Yoga‖ discusses the key forms of yoga. Yogeshvara Krishna recommends the dynamic form of yoga, which was called karma-yoga. He explains how to accomplish karma-yoga in the sixth chapter of Gita. Existence of Yoga is available in Indian folk traditions, Indus valley civilization, Vedic and Upanishadic heritage, Buddhist and Jain traditions, Many Darshanas, The great and Historic Indian epics of Mahabharat and Ramayana. In addition, there was an ancient or pure Yoga which has been established in mystical traditions of South Asia. Suryanamaskara is Volume IX, Issue III, March/2020 Page No:9160 Parishodh Journal ISSN NO:2347-6648 Historical evidences of the existence of Yoga were seen in the pre-Vedic period (2700 B.C.), and thereafter till Patanjali‘s period. The most Important and reliable sources, from which we get the evidence about Yoga practices and the associated literature during this period, are available in four Vedas, 108 Upanishads, Smritis, Holy teachings of Buddhism, Jainism, Maharishi Panini, 2 Epics, and 18 Puranas etc.
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