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History
The tradition of yoga practice is going on since ancient times. The importance of yoga can be easily known through ancient evidence. Signs of Yoga are visible everywhere in ancient India. The presence of yoga is also abundantly present in folk traditions, Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic and Upanishads, Buddhist and Jain traditions, philosophy, epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana, Shaiva, Vaishnava and Tantric traditions. Sun was given utmost importance in the Vedic period. In this, the practise of Surya Namaskar was also invented.
Pranayama was a part of daily rituals in the Sanatan tradition. Yoga was being practised since pre-Vedic times, the great sage Maharishi Patanjali, through his Yoga Sutras, systematized and codified the then existing practices of Yoga, and its meaning and knowledge related to it. After Patanjali, many sages and yoga gurus contributed a lot to the preservation and development of yoga through their literature. Historical evidence of the existence of yoga is seen in the pre-Vedic period 2700 BC and thereafter till the period of Patanjali. The main sources of information about yoga practices and related literature during this period are the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Smritis, the teachings of Buddhism, Jainism, the Panini, the epics and the Puranas.
Types of Yoga:
- Hatha yoga:
- Karma yoga:
- Bhakti Yoga:
- Jnana Yoga:
- Raja Yoga:
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