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Yoga in Sanskrit is ‘Yuj’ which means to unite or to join. During yoga, the body and mind unite to form a single unit, along with the presence of the soul. The whole body acts like one. Yoga in Bhagwad Gita is said to be in equanimity. It is the ability to control and stay calm

in every situation in life. In the yogic culture, Shiva is not known as a god, but as the Adiyogi or the first yogi – the originator of yoga. He was the one who first put this seed into the human mind. Adiyogi, transmitted yoga to the Sapta Rishis or the seven sages many

thousands of years ago. He found it was too difficult to put everything he knew into one person, so he chose seven people and put different aspects of yoga into them.

These became the seven basic forms of yoga. Even today, though these have branched off into hundreds of systems, yoga has still maintained seven distinct forms.

According to Maharishi Patanjali, Yoga is the suppression of modifications of the mind. He set out his definition of yoga in the Yoga Sutras as having eight limbs. He defined the eight limbs as yamas (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing),

pratyahara (withdrawal), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption).

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