https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2 Yoga (D) en-us 2022-03-23 17:39:08 UTC 2022-03-25 14:30:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110261402 Scientists unearthed a seal in the Indus River Valley. It is speculated that this is one of the earliest depiction of Shiva, the Lord of Yoga. It is also though that the central figure is of Mulabandhasana, the seated meditation pose.]]> 2022-03-23 17:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110261402 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110265170 Four books, called the Vedas, were written. They are mostly descriptions of ritual sacrifice, but there are some precursors to yoga within it, such as body poses, breathing techniques, and concentration.]]> 2022-03-23 17:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110265170 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110267445 Alexander the Great sent one of his scholars to explore India, and to learn about yogis and their calmness and mindfulness. ]]> 2022-03-23 17:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110267445 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110272249 The Pali Canon (The Word of Buddha) is written, in which Siddharta Gautama made his own form of Yoga from various other Yogis. It details physical and mental practices in order to obtain spiritual liberation. ]]> 2022-03-23 17:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110272249 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110299510 The Mahabharata was written, and is 1,8 million words. According to it, the purpose of yoga is to unit with the Brahman, or universal spirit. There are three kinds of yoga in it:

• Karma yoga: The yoga of action
• Bhakti yoga: The yoga of devotion
• Jnana yoga: The yoga of knowledge

]]> 2022-03-23 18:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110299510 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110304015 Patanjali writes the Yoga Sutras, and says the purpose of yoga is to gather a scattered mind. He writes about the 8 limbs, mentioning asana, and a steady and comfortable seat:

• yama 
• niyama 
• asana 
• pranayama 
• pratyahara 
• dharana 
• dhyana
• samadhi

]]> 2022-03-23 18:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110304015 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110307757 Hatha Yoga was developed and was the most accepting of all the previous practices. Svatmarama later writes the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, which details:

• Shatkarma 
• Asana (15 postures)
• Pranayama
• Kumbhaka
• Mudras
• Meditation
• Chakras
• Kundalini

]]> 2022-03-23 18:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110307757 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110310594 https://vinyasayogatraining.com/resources/history-of-yoga

https://www.mea.gov.in/in-focus-article.htm?25096/Yoga+Its+Origin+History+and+Development

https://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+the+great&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS969US969&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1y_az69z2AhVJEEQIHVrpCgoQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1440&bih=789&dpr=2&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=yBraVj8E383zhM

https://www.worldhistory.org/Mahabharata/

https://www.jamesrussellyoga.co.uk/blog-james-russell_files/modern-yoga-origins.html

https://www.historycentral.com/BookReviews/Yoga.html]]> 2022-03-23 18:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2110310594 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113890445 Hatha Yoga begins tp evolve into modern yoga, and begins to spread globally from its hearth in India. ]]> 2022-03-25 14:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113890445 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113894512 The British colonized India, and dismissed Hatha yoga as barbaric, crude, and extreme. Elites thought of yoga as backwards and savage. However, Indra Devi founded a Yoga studio in Hollywood, which gained massive popularity. ]]> 2022-03-25 14:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113894512 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113897089 Yoga master Tirumalai Krishnamacharya developed a new yoga style, which was intended to improve strength and stamina. Him, Sivananda and Kaivalyananda, all were modern yoga masters, and most current schools of yoga developed from their teachings. ]]> 2022-03-25 14:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113897089 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113904135 B.K.S. Iyengar began to capitalize on the massive boom in fitness, and worked to remove negative stigmas around yoga He published Light on Yoga, which had 200 yoga poses, and became quintessential for modern American yoga teachers. ]]> 2022-03-25 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113904135 23aanderson6_1 https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113914546 Yoga has become very commercialized, in part due to books, videos, and the general fitness/wellness craze. Today is is practiced by over 20.4 million people in the U.S, and is founded on asanas.]]> 2022-03-25 14:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/23aanderson6_1/pfjmjab7tvogjqi2/wish/2113914546