Yoga originated in India, with a history and culture of more than 5,000 years, and is known as the "treasure of the world." Yoga originated in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India. When ancient Indian yogis practiced body and mind in nature, they accidentally discovered that various animals and plants have natural methods of healing, relaxing, sleeping, or staying awake. Recover naturally with any treatment. Therefore, ancient Indian yoga practitioners observed, imitated and personally experienced the postures of animals, and created a series of exercise systems that are beneficial to the body and mind, that is, asanas. These postures have been tempered for more than five thousand years, and the healing methods taught by yoga have benefited generations of people.
The word yoga comes from Indian Sanskrit, and its meaning is "unity", "union" or "harmony". Yoga originated from ancient India and is one of the six major philosophical schools in ancient India. It explores the principles and methods of "the unity of Brahman and self". What modern people call yoga is mainly a series of methods of cultivating the body and mind. Around 300 BC, Patanjali, the great sage of India and the founder of yoga, created the "Yoga Sutra". On the basis of it, Indian yoga truly took shape, and the yoga practice was officially formulated as a complete eight-branch system. Yoga is a system that helps humans realize their full potential by raising consciousness. Yoga postures use ancient and easy-to-master techniques to improve people's physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual abilities. It is a way to achieve the harmony and unity of body, mind and spirit, including body postures and breathing techniques. , mind-aligning meditation methods, etc., to achieve the unity of body and mind. Records about yoga first appeared in the Indian scriptures of the Vedas. Around 300 BC, Patanjali, the ancestor of yoga, clarified the practice courses for physical health and spiritual enrichment in the Yoga Sutras. Systematized and standardized, this course forms the basis of contemporary yoga practice. The philosophical principles proposed by Patanjali are recognized as milestones towards the spiritual realm of yoga.
More and more urban young people are falling in love with this ancient sport of yoga. Yoga originated from India. Practitioners lived in remote mountains and forests, observed the survival laws of nature, and found that various animals and plants have natural methods of healing, relaxing, sleeping, or staying awake. When sick, they can recover naturally without any treatment. get well. As a result, they began to imitate the postures of animals, adjust their breathing, explore their body and mind, and create a series of interesting and rigorous exercise systems that echoed the entire environment. With the development of yoga to this day, it no longer only belongs to the category of philosophy and religion, but also has strong vitality. This society is changing with each passing day and competition is fierce. Young people have to pay attention to the unpredictable changes around them, focus on material and fame and fortune, and are exhausted physically and mentally. They hope to inhabit the body and mind and awaken energy, and yoga is gradually becoming the first choice. In several fitness clubs visited by this reporter, yoga is always the indispensable and most popular exercise section.
A senior yoga member said that he chose yoga not because it is popular, but because yoga is rich in connotation, including history, philosophy and art. Listen to the names of these postures: Lotus pose, Vajrasana, Siddhasana, Hero’s pose, Auspicious pose? The names of the movements are also many and interesting: Locust pose, Cobra pose, Half tiger pose, One-leg extension and half lotus pose? When practicing yoga, You will often feel the breath of hundreds of years ago rushing towards your face, entering a world of deep tranquility and undercurrent of energy. "Yoga" is originally an Indian Sanskrit word, which means "to subdue one's mind". Ancient yoga believers hoped to use the yoga system to regulate breathing and body and achieve a state of unity of body and mind. And young people in today's big cities are also in this school, taking off all their masks and baggage, looking for their potential, and meeting their other selves.
Yoga is my painkiller. Men like running, boxing, basketball and other strength-based sports. With the rapid development of the urban environment, men's yoga, which seems to be completely opposite to it, is also quietly becoming popular in some big cities. Teng Xiaojun works as an engineer in an IT company in Beijing. He is born in the 1980s and stares at the computer every day. He is young and has many problems, such as cervical pain and mouse hand. His girlfriend said he lacked exercise, so when she first forced him to practice yoga, his boss was reluctant. When he sat on the yoga mat and witnessed the instructor in a white shirt performing various difficult movements while gently guiding everyone to "take care of your body and don't be too pushy", his desire for challenge was aroused.
Practice started once a week, then twice, and now three to four times. After persisting for a year, Xiaojun is now a yoga instructor in the office. At the annual meeting performance of his work unit, everyone clapped wildly when they saw him leaning over and putting his face on his straight legs, crossing his knees and supporting his whole body with his hands. Yes, yoga is not only a jujitsu for women, but also a sport that combines strength and softness for men. These external plaudits are a joy to the little king. What he benefited from was that his physical pain was greatly reduced or even disappeared. To this end, he taught his colleagues a set of simple office yoga exercises, such as wind blowing tree pose, fish pose and other movements. During lunch break, each person can do it for 15 minutes, so that they can devote themselves to work with full energy in the afternoon.
For some men whose expressions change when it comes to yoga, Xiaojun also wants to popularize the relevant basic knowledge. The earliest yoga practitioners and masters in India were all men. The American sports reporter Kambuya wrote a book "Real Men Practice Yoga", which became very popular and made more muscular men put down the barbells, sit on the yoga mat willingly, and start from scratch again. Feel your body internally.
There is no sweat, but there is another storm. In the balance of body and heart, with every breath, I gradually find a long-lost peace. This is also the reason why Teng Xiaojun decided to stick to yoga. He said that the earliest yoga was separated from society. Yoga masters climbed on the snowy mountains of the Himalayas and meditated on the banks of the Ganges. They did not know that they would create a movement that would affect the world. Sometimes, Xiaojun can feel the coolness of the snow-capped mountains, the tranquility of the Ganges River, the ordinary truth between the sun and the moon, and the steady heartbeat of yoga masters from yoga. "In an urban environment where work is busy and irritating, it is great value to be able to get all this from one exercise! Unfortunately, many people cannot stick to yoga and just follow the trend. Some have practiced for three months, but their breathing methods are still the same. It’s not done right. So, whether you can get in or not depends on yourself.”
Men first fell in love with yoga because it can relieve pain. Prince Charles of the British Royal Family once said: "I don't need to take too many painkillers and other drugs. Instead, I rely on yoga to cure the back pain that has troubled me for many years." He also recommended a famous yoga instructor to the Queen of England. , thinking this is a more guaranteed way than health-preserving drugs. Yoga can relieve pain, just persist. Feiniao and Xiaodou have been members of a yoga club in Shanghai for five years, and it is here that they formed a deep friendship. Xiaodou still remembers the first time he saw Asuka. His face was haggard, his body was thin, he was taciturn, and everything from the hair rope on his head to the socks at his feet was black, and his whole person was very gray. She was right next to Xiaodou, but she turned a blind eye to Xiaodou's smile.
The background music of yoga sounded, the singing of flowing water and birds, the instructor asked everyone to sleep on the yoga mat, close their eyes, and guided everyone to give up all distracting thoughts and truly pay attention to their hearts and their breathing. When the guidance was over and everyone stood up, Xiaodou discovered that Asuka was still lying down and breathing evenly. She actually fell asleep. Afterwards, Feiniao recalled that it was the most difficult period for him. At that time, Feiniao was in charge of a newly published magazine, running content and advertising. It was very tiring, to the point of collapse. But her boyfriend disappeared while she was busy and held someone else's hand. I cried, hated, and suffered from insomnia every day. Finally, only a shell of my body was left. I met a young girl handing out fitness flyers downstairs, so I came to the yoga room. I haven’t had a good sleep in a long time, and I actually fell asleep in the first yoga class. The words I heard before going to bed were like a mantra: focus on your heart and your breathing.
Yoga is not just a set of popular or fashionable fitness exercises. Yoga is a very ancient method of practicing energy knowledge, integrating philosophy, science and art. The foundations of yoga are built on ancient Indian philosophy, and the mental, physical and spiritual disciplines have been an important part of Indian culture for thousands of years. Ancient yogis developed the yoga system because they believed that by moving the body and regulating the breath, they could control the mind and emotions and maintain a healthy body.