There are many types of yoga including jnana, the yoga of knowledge and bhakti, the yoga of devotion, but the best known in the West is hatha yoga or physical yoga. This is also the most widely practiced outside of India, offered at exercise studios, gyms, schools and colleges, and even some workplaces in every […]

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The history of yoga began thousands of years ago. Yoga was probably practiced in the Indus Valley civilization in India, around 3000 BC, that is 5000 years ago, and may have origins in much earlier practices. The Mohenjo-daro seals, dating from around that time, show what many archaeologists believe is a yogi seated in meditation, […]

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If you are interested in learning about yoga then you will want to know some basic hatha yoga poses. Hatha yoga (or active yoga) is a holistic form of exercise that benefits both the body and mind, often in surprising ways.
Most of the different forms of yoga that you will see advertised are simply […]

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Unlike most forms of yoga, Dahn yoga did not develop in India but in South Korea and is modern. Known in Korea as Dahnak or Dahn Hak, the first Dahn yoga center was opened in Seoul in the 1980s by the originator of Dahn yoga, Il-chi Lee, although it is reported to be based on […]

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Bikram Yoga or Hot Yoga is a style of yoga developed in Los Angeles by Bikram Choudhury. Born in India in 1946, Choudhury settled in California in the 1970s and now lives in Beverly Hills.
The unique element in Bikram yoga is that the sessions take place in a well heated room in a temperature […]

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