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We provide instruction in awareness-based techniques, including nonsectarian meditation and yoga,
to facilitate mental health, stress reduction, anger management and self-discovery.Yoga is a way of life, an art of righteous
living or an integrated system for the benefit of the body, mind and inner spirit. This art originated, was perfected
and practiced in India thousands of years ago. The references to yoga are available in 'Upanishads' and 'Puranas' composed
by Indian Aryans in the later Vedic and post- Vedic period. The main credit for systematizing yoga goes to Patanjali who wrote
'Yoga Sutra', two thousand Years ago. He described the principles of the full eight fold yogic discipline. He composed the
treatise in brief code words known as 'Sutras'. 'Yoga Sutra' is the most important basic text on Yoga. It is through this
basic treatise that the essential message of yoga spread throughout the world.
Aim of Yoga is the attainment of the physical,
mental and spiritual health. Patanjali has recommended eight stages of Yoga discipline. Yog practitioners must follow the
principles of Yam-Niyam with full commitment. Without them nobody can become a Yogi.They are
Yamas- Yamas (abstentions or restrains)
Niyamas- Niyamas (observances)-austerities, purity, contentment,
study, surrender of the ego
Asanas- Physical postures or exercises
Pranayama- Control of vital energy (Breathing control)
Partyahara- Withdrawal of the senses
Dharana- Concentration of the mind (Contemplation)
Dhyana- Meditation
Samadhi- Attainment of The super conscious state
The yoga intends to teach sadhana to such a common human being and
leads him to the samadhi. Accepting this as a basis, the eight stages of progress are defined in the science of yoga, state
Yam and Niyam as the first two stages. Yam and Niyam are the first two aspects of the eightfold Yoga. Rishi Patanjali has
mentioned this in the second pada, Sadhana Pada in the following aphorism:
Yamniyamsanpranayampratyahardharanadhyansamadhayoshtavangani || Pant. Yogdarshan 2.29
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