June 16, 2008

Are there any connection between the Kama Sutra and Yoga?

Are there any connection between the Kama Sutra and Yoga?

Yoga means union. There are many forms of yoga, but all of them are spiritual practices leading to enlightenment in which the individual ego is transcended and there is a

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December 16, 2007

Recommended Reading: Yoga

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Yoga

Yoga means union. Although many in the West automatically assume that yoga means Hatha Yoga and that it is primarily for physical fitness and health, the purpose of all yoga is to enable the practitioner to realize wholeness by reuniting body, mind, heart, and soul, ultimately awakening to enlightenment. Hatha Yoga is a physical, energetic, and spiritual practice suitable to any age, health status, or fitness level. Most styles of Hatha Yoga emphasize relaxing into the physical movements rather than straining to go further than your body is comfortable with. Generally speaking, don’t bother with yoga unless you intend to slow down. One exception is Astanga Yoga, a vigorous workout quite suitable for training athletes.

Beryl Bender Birch. Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout. ISBN: 0020583516
Astanga Yoga is an active form of Hatha Yoga designed to build fitness, strength, flexibility, and endurance for athletes.

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December 10, 2007

Recommended Reading: Vedanta

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Vedanta

All styles of yoga are part of the Indian Hindu Vedanta spiritual tradition. and they are all undertaken with the purpose (not goal) of awakening to full self-realization, enlightenment, nirvana, or god consciousness. These terms are used here interchangeably, all suggesting the same outcome, to allow the ego-self to dissolve into union with absolute consciousness. There are many types of yoga and each of these categories contains many variations.

Some of the most important schools of yoga.

Bhakti Yoga is the path of pure love or devotion to God.

Karma Yoga is the path of selfless action with all activities and results offered to God.