the history of yoga

 yoga spans from four to eight thousand years ago to the modern day
there were hints of a civilization called the undus that practiced yoga {Cc3000bc }  .
and another civilization called the vedic at {Cc1500bc} the first detailed  elaborations in hundu texts were
absorbed into  Jain philosophies and stood the test of time  there have been findings before the Vedas.

and some believe that yoga existed eight thousand  years ago    archaeologists have found carvings dating back to this period , and believe it is a figure  sitting in a cross legged posture . {this would be the half lotus  or full lotus with hands resting on knees }.


                                               HATHA YOGA
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         Hatha yoga also known as Hatha vida  was introduced by a yogi called Swatmarama a sage of the 15th century India  and a compiler of the Hatha yoga Pradipika  and has introduced Hatha yoga as a stairway  to the heights or Raja yoga.
the word Hatha  is a compound of words {Ha } meaning sun  and {Tha } meaning moon
joining the male and female  energies making one complete. Hatha  yoga is what people automatically think of when they think of yoga and is practiced  throughout  the western world.
as a form of exercise  this is far from the truth it was originally developed  to help one achieve the higher realms of yoga........... SELF REALIZATION            

                                         
                                         
                                         
                                          NAMASTE  















husband James doing half louts only eight months after knee surgery                                                                             {photo by chelle green}