Philosophy of Yoga

Brief Overview of Yoga Philosophy
Yoga is said to be one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy. All thoughts are being spread through mostly by the general mind, by Paramatma. Paramatma is omnipresent and this makes the individual human mind, Jivatman or Jiva, a part of it. Jiva means the individual self which defines the Atman, and gives life to the physical and subtle body.Yoga Sutra which is widely known as the authoritative text on yoga, is a collection of aphorisms, outlining the eight limbs of yoga. These "threads" of wisdom offer guidelines for living a meaningful and purposeful life.


Moksha /Mukti basically means the enlightenment that represents the last goal of one's life. The most important philosophical text, the Bhagavad Gita, describes in chapter siz that the mind, the intellect, and the self (Ahamkara) what refers to the self-consciousness or identity-consciousness of a person without any reference to its specific individual properties, contents or anything as such.

Swami Vivekananda  was one of the pioneers in this field of Yoga who passed on the Yoga teachings. According to his statement the classical definition of Yoga is "Samatvam Yoga Uchyata " meaning “Yoga provides balance and calmness on a mental basis in all vicissitudes of life” or “all is one" . Likewise, according to Sri Aurobindo, Yoga is a methodical approach to reach self-perfection through the development of the own latent potential on the physical, vital, mental, and intellectual level. 
The Veda texts contain the body poses (Asanas), the merge of body and mind through breathing exercises (Pranayama), and energy-guiding hand and body poses (Mudras). Further, it includes the social and personal code of conduct (Yama and Nijama) and also Dharana, that defines the focus of the mind on a particular object, the concentration. One part of the Veda are the Upanishads, which represent its core messages.

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