Yoga

Scientists today ascertain that the intrinsic organic health of a human being is of prime importance along with the outer development of the body. This was realized thousands of years ago by the ancient Indian yogis. The practice of yoga has a substantial foundation in science. Yogic asanas accelerate blood circulation in the body and Pranayama abates carbon dioxide content ensuring sound health. Yoga provides all-round benefits to a human being:
In general Yoga is practiced under the guidance of a guru who is called as spiritual guide. The practice of Yoga has been classified into eight states. Yama is the Yoga that is to restraint for vice. Yoga is usually practiced under the guidance of a guru, or spiritual guide. Patañjali divides the practice of yoga into eight stages. But the main Hindu tradition classifies the Yoga into three classes, they are: Janna Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga. Jnana Yoga is to meditation to gain wisdom. Bhakti Yoga is the meditation for the path of love and devotion to a personal God. The third one is the Karma Yoga; it is the path of selfless action.

In other classification, the Patañjali's yoga is known as raja, or “royal,” yoga. Hatha yoga that is mostly practiced in western countries is the physical control and postures. Kundalini yoga, especially associated with Tantra, is based on the physiology of the “subtle body,” according to which seven major centers of psychic energy, called chakras, are located along the spinal column, with the kundalini, or “coiled” energy in latent form, located at the base of the spine.