While popular yoga is now mostly understood in terms of health and fitness, Yoga really states that it is possible to unite with the original ground of Beingness we call God. Yoga means to yoke, join, or unite with that field of Origin which we have termed God. Yoke (English) and Joch (German) are both directly derived from Yuga or Yoga (Sanskrit). Yoga does not claim to be a religion nor does it offer to be a better tool than religion. Properly understood, religion itself is a form of yoga and it also means to tie back or unite. Some rare individuals are still looking at Yoga as something strange and even unholy. However, many claims, including the health benefits and improvements in intuition and one's power of concentration, are now supported by various scientific studies. If you are interested in Scientific Research into the many benefits of Yoga, you may want to check out the page Meditation & the Brain. Yoga is part of the six original systems of Hindu philosophy. The
Bhagavad Gita mentions three major Yoga systems called Karma Yoga,
Bhakti Yoga, and Jnana Yoga.
There are at least two more major Yoga systems. In his 'Yoga Sutras', Patanjali deals with
Ashtanga Yoga which is now generally referred to as Raja Yoga.
One should not forget to mention that there are a number of
equally important sub-systems like Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Siddha Yoga,
Tantra Yoga, Integral Yoga, etc. Religious conduct may also be expressed in terms of yoga. For
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