The Essence of Yoga:
The true essence of yoga resolves around elevating the life force of ‘Kundalini’ at the base of the Spine. It aim to achieve this through a series of physical and mental Excersise.At the physical level, the methods compromise various yoga postures or ‘asana’ that aim to keep the body healthy. The mental techniques include breathing exercises or ‘Pranayama’ and mediation or ‘dhayanas’ to disciplining the mind.
Importance of Yoga:
Yoga is not religion; it is way of living whose aim is healthy mind in healthy body.
Man is physical, mental and spiritual being; yoga helps promote a balance development of all the three. Other forms of physical exercises, like aerobics, assure only physical well-being. They have little to do with the development of the spiritual or astral body.