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The word "yoga" comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means "to join" or "to yoke".

Yoga is a practical aid, not a religion. Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind, and spirit. The continued practice of yoga will lead you to a sense of peace and well-being, and also a feeling of being at one with their environment.

The practice of yoga makes the body strong and flexible, it also improves the functioning of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, and hormonal systems. Yoga brings about emotional stability and clarity of mind. 

In the practice of Yoga the ultimate aim is one of self-development and self-realization

Aims of Yoga
Yoga offers both the goal and the means to reach it.

Yoga has a diverse range of things that it can offer. It could be said that a primary goal of yoga is to gain balance and control in one's life. To free one from confusion and distress. To provide a sense of calm that comes from the practice of yogic exercises and the practice of breath control.

The practice of yoga exercises aims at overcoming the limitations of the body. Other forms of exercises are good but good is not enough, they strain the muscles, joints, the entire skeletal system and cause free radical damage at a cellular level. Yoga however realigns and rejuvenates the body inside and out, yoga frees the mind from the negative feelings caused by the fast pace of modern life.

The practice of yoga installs optimism within you. It helps you to focus better and overcome any obstacles in your way while on your road to perfect health, spiritual contentment, and total well being.

Yoga will teach you that the goal of every individual's life should be to take the inner journey inside one's self. When there is perfect harmony between mind and body, we achieve total balance and control.

Yoga teaches us that challenges that we all face indicate themselves in either a physical or mental form. When our physical state is not perfect, this causes an imbalance in our mental state. The practice of yoga helps us to overcome that imbalance.

Yogic poses can cure physical ailments and correct the alignment of the body. By learning the practice of yoga you will become totally responsible for yourself.
Yoga poses tone the whole body, they strengthen bones and muscles, correct posture, improve breathing, and increase energy.


This physical well being has a strengthening  and calming impact on the mind.

Practicing yoga poses cleanses and detoxifies the body, by increasing the circulation of fresh blood through the body, you will be able to cleanse and flush out toxins which are the direct result of an irregular lifestyle, unhealthy habits, and poor posture.

Regular practice of the stretches, twists, bends, and inversions - the basic movements of yoga poses - restores strength and stamina to the body. Poses together with the control of breath, rectify physical, physiological, and psychological disorders.

Asanas are based on the three basic human postures of standing, sitting, or lying down. But they are not a series of movements to be followed mechanically. They have a logic, which must be fully comprehended if the pose is to be practiced correctly. The end result of each pose is achieved when all the parts of the body are positioned correctly, with full understanding of the foundations..

Yoga and Exercise
Yoga may be considered very challenging. The challenge is to your will power. It is a challenging journey of self-improvement.

Most types of activity require the body to make fast forceful movements. They have repeated actions, which often lead to tension and fatigue. Yoga poses on the other hand, involve movements, which bring stability and energy to the body, the senses, the mind, and the consciousness.

In yoga practice, the brain is quieted; the senses are stilled, generating a calm feeling of well-being.

With practice, the student of yoga learns to treat the brain as an object and the body as a subject. Energy is distributed from the brain to the other parts of the body.

The brain and body then work together and energy is evenly balanced between the two. No other form of exercise so completely involves the mind and spirit with the body, resulting in total well-being. Other forms of exercise address only particular parts of the body. You only enter the mental gym when you practice yoga.

When practicing yoga, strength and power play separate roles to achieve a perfect balance in every part of the body, as well as the mind. After such stimulating exercise, a sense of rejuvenation follows. Many forms of exercise require physical strength and endurance and can lead to a feeling of fatigue after 30 minutes of practice.

Many such exercises improve energy levels by boosting nerve function, but ultimately, this exhausts the cellular reserves and the endocrine glands.
Toxins build up in the body, and blood pressure and pulse are increased. Ultimately, the heart is overworked.

An athlete's strong lung capacity is achieved by hard and forceful usage, which is not helpful to preserving the health of the lungs.

The incorporation of yogic stretching in conjunction with other types of exercise will greatly aid in minimizing any or all potential aliments that may / will occur over time from these other forms of exercise.

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