Welcome to Yoga Resources
Yoga Nyc Article
Jnana Yoga – Yoga For The Intelligent
Sharon Hopkins
Jnana means the knowledge. This yoga is the yoga for the intelligent and selected people. This yoga is the ultimate goal of all the other varieties of yoga. This yoga teaches you to look at the world as it is without any ignorance and bias. You can achieve this state by practicing rigorous mental discipline and virtue. This yoga is also called Raja Yoga or the king of all the yogas, since it is of the highest variety and rules over all the other varieties. This is the Yoga that Patanjali has described in his Yoga Sutras.
This yoga is made up of eight parts of which five are external and the other three are internal. Two of its parts, viz yama and niyama deal with types of behaviour that the student of yoga should avoid like lying, cheating, stealing etc. and those behaviours that he should cultivate like cleanliness, non-collection etc. Asanas and Pranayama are the next two parts of this yoga. Asanas are the physical movements that help in developing the suppleness of the body and thus cure any diseases. You can control your breath by using pranayama which increases the capacity of the lungs to take in air and thus increases the vitality of the body. The next part Pratyahara denotes the withdrawal of the sense organs from objects of enjoyment. The remaining three parts deal with intense mental concentration.
Patanjali maintained that practicing these eight parts of yoga faithfully and intensely will, over a period of time, erase all the impurities of the body and mind and thus attain knowledge that will liberate the person from bondage and ignorance. This yoga is called Ashtanga Yoga since it is made of eight parts. It is also called as Dhyana yoga due to its stress on mental concentration. Hence, whenever there is any mention of yoga, it is usually implied that the person is talking about Jnana Yoga
About the Author:
Sharon Hopkins is the webmaster for Yogawiz where you can find information on , yoga basics, different yoga asanas, poses, Jnana Yoga,Ashtanga yoga and much more . Jnana Yoga is the science of knowledge and helps one unite with the Supreme.
Yoga Nyc News
yoga nyc
Katie Holmes took advantage of some downtime yesterday, grabbing coffee and a newspaper from Starbucks before attending a yoga class with a friend. After a quick wardrobe change at her NYC apartment, Katie was on the move again before her next ...
Read moreKatie Holmes's Black and White Afternoon - Popsugar
Nov 13 2008 - 9:30am Salma Hayek carried her daughter Valentina Pinault as they headed home on Wednesday night in NYC. Which Medical Show's Staff Would You Want as Your Doctors? TV Tonight: Jennifer Aniston on 30 Rock Buzz Gift Guide: Gifting Granny ...
Read moreGirl Time - Popsugar
Nov. 26, 3 p.m., Dino Rosi in concert; Flushing House, 38- 20 Bowne St. Nov. 27, 9 a.m., LIC YMCA Turkey Trot, suggested donation $10, all proceeds support the Strong Kids Campaign; 718.392.7932, x. 242. Nov. 27, noon-4 p.m., The Greek-American ...
Read moreGazette Calendar Of Events - Western Queens Gazette
I suppose there could be lots of tea leaf reading in this one, but now its AG Andrew Cuomo on Talk 1300, minutes after the governor came on. Cuomo, to be fair, has been on the radio show a few times, if memory serves me, but his take on Hillary’s ...
Read moreCapitol confidential - Times Union Blogs
I GREW UP IN ANTI-GUN CANADA AND have almost zero experience handling firearms. But I've always been intrigued by the contradictions of sharpshooting: The watchlike precision of the gun and the shooter's mind, mixed with the macho ...
Read moreMy 4-Week Quest: Shoot Straighter - Wired
'YOU are very fortunate to live in New York," says Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda with a beatific smile, "because the city presents such a constant challenge!" Don't we know it. Maheshwarananda - or Swamiji, as he's affectionately known - is ...
Read moreSELF-REALIZATION & THE CITY - New York Post
Celebs on Stage “She's what a yoga teacher should be—pushing you to your physical and spiritual limits only to reveal that those limits don't exist. She is so well-spoken and well-read, and funny, and brilliant, and worldly, you can't help but ...
Read moreWhat's New - Broadway.com
'YOU have breast cancer" is one of the scariest sentences in the English language. I know, because last October I heard those words when I was diagnosed with the disease, which attacks roughly 180,000 women a year. From that moment on, I was thrown ...
Read moreHELP IS NEARBY IF CANCER STRIKES - New York Post
LOWELL -- After winning the Women's BayState Marathon here last year, Chelmsford resident and Lowell schoolteacher Kara Haas cheerfully joked about her impressive performance yesterday morning as the top female runner in the Lowell Sun Half Marathon ...
Read moreHaas takes the half; MacEiko beats wind - Lowell Sun
The Country Corral in Brookline is now open Monday-Friday starting at 4 p.m. We offer darts, a pool table, music and sports games on any of our six TVs. We also offer free wings during the week. On Saturdays from 1-6 p.m. the stage and dance floor ...
Read more