The condition of the body's nervous system, endocrine glands, and major organs determines a person's health. Regular yoga practice helps to eliminate mental tension and loss of fitness due to negligence of health or premature aging. Therefore, practicing yoga keeps you energized and makes you think clearly.
Modern life is fast-paced, competitive and stressful. Of course, moderate pressure is also necessary, because pressure can stimulate interest, invigorate the spirit, make people energetic. However, if this pressure exceeds the limit of what we can bear, the body will feel nervous and uncomfortable, self-immunity decreases, physical strength, sometimes including psychological frustration, muscle tension (which can lead to spinal pain), fatigue, shortness of breath and even delirium, and so on.
Yoga involves stretching, strength, endurance, and cardio-strengthening exercises that promote good health, have the function of harmonizing the entire organism, and increase physical vitality while learning how to make the body function healthily. In addition, cultivating a state of spiritual harmony and emotional stability also guides you to improve your own physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state, so that the body is coordinated and balanced. Generally speaking, people utilize the morning, noon, dusk, or before bedtime to practice yoga postures. In fact, it can be practiced at any time of the day as long as you ensure a fasting state. In other words, Yoga postures should not be practiced after meals (within 3 hours). In the opinion of a true yogi, the best time to practice yoga is early in the morning from 4 to 6 a.m., because at this time the surrounding area is silent, the atmosphere is the purest, gastrointestinal activity is basically stopped, the brain is not yet active, and it is easy to enter into the deeper state of practice of yoga.
№ Location №: Yoga is best practiced in a clean, comfortable room with enough space to stretch the body, avoiding close to any furniture. The air in the room is fresh, circulating, and free to inhale oxygen. The best thing to do is to put green plants or flowers, and also play soft music to help relax the nerves.
Of course, you can also choose to practice in the open air in a natural place, such as a garden, in a good environment, never in windy, cold or polluted air, and never in direct sunlight (except at dawn, when the light is soft and healthy).
№ Clothing №: When practicing yoga poses you should wear loose, soft clothes, preferably cotton and linen texture, which must ensure breathability and practice without constraints on the muscles. Shoes must be removed, socks are also preferred (when it is cold, feet must be kept warm), watches, glasses, belts and other accessories should be removed.
№ props №: Yoga of course to use a professional yoga mat is good, when the ground is too hard or uneven, the yoga mat can play a cushioning effect, to help you maintain balance. However, if you don't have a professional yoga mat, a carpet or a folded blanket will do. Don't practice on a hard floor or a soft bed, and be careful not to let your feet slip. Beginners can also use some props to assist in practicing certain poses, such as yoga blocks, yoga ropes, and even walls, tables and chairs. Many poses can be practiced with props, which will help you to practice step by step, and at the same time master the feeling that each pose conveys to the body more accurately.
№ Bathing №: Do not practice yoga within 20 minutes before bathing, because yoga practice will make the body's senses become extremely sharp, and at this time if you give hot and cold stimulation, on the contrary, it will hurt the body, and depletion of the body's stored energy. Yoga should not be practiced within 20 minutes after bathing, because after bathing the blood circulation is accelerated and the muscles and muscles become soft. If yoga is practiced immediately, not only is it easy to injure the body, but it will also lead to an increase in blood pressure, which will aggravate the burden on the heart. Heart disease, hypertension, hyperthyroidism and other diseases patients should pay particular attention to this point.
In addition, do not practice yoga poses after a long sun bath. Taking a cold shower about 1 hour before practicing yoga can help you achieve better results in your practice.
№ Diet №: As mentioned earlier, you should not practice yoga postures within 3 hours after meals. However, you can eat a small amount of liquid food or drink, such as milk, yogurt, honey, fruit juice, etc., about 1 hour before practicing. While practicing, you can drink a little water to help flush toxins from your body (you should even drink a lot of water when practicing Duck Walk). It is best to eat 1 hour after your yoga practice. It is best to eat natural foods and avoid foods that are greasy, spicy, or cause excessive stomach acid. Eat in moderation; eating too much can make you feel bored and lazy. In addition, after practicing yoga, the amount of meal is reduced, and the increase of gas and defecation is a normal phenomenon.
Editorial Index and Principles of Yoga Practice
All sports have some instructions and precautions before they start, and Yoga is no exception. In this chapter we will talk in detail about some of the precautions of Yoga practice and why they are there.
First, yoga is easy to keep an empty stomach to practice.
It's best to practice three to four hours after a meal, and about half an hour after drinking fluids, unless otherwise specified in the practice.
Let's look at the reason for this rule. Yoga is all about bending, stretching, twisting and pushing. Bending, stretching, twisting and pushing are the characteristics of yoga. Let's do a little experiment: there is a big plastic bag, full of things, you twist the bag, what will happen? It will burst. If our stomachs are full of food and then we are twisted and squeezed, it will only unduly burden the digestive system. If we happen to squeeze a grain of rice into our appendix, we're in big trouble. This article is considered from the point of view of the health of our entire body. Since it is considered from the perspective of physical health, it doesn't have to be very dogmatic. That is to say, if you have eaten only one apple at this meal, then you only need it to be digested more or less, and then you can practice when your stomach is empty. As long as your stomach is empty and, you're not bouncing around right away, going to cause gastroparesis, or tend to cause food to go into the non-digestive tract, it's fine. Drinking fluid for 30 minutes before practicing, do you have such a feeling, after you drink water, is to run or to exercise, is not there such a feeling: the stomach like a water bag like "bam bam bam". You will be very embarrassed, and it will be very difficult, and your gastrointestinal tract will also be very difficult, so we do not drink water immediately after practicing. If any of you are really thirsty, you can take small sips and keep it to 60 milliliters or less. Then we see that there is another rule in the practice, what does it mean not to follow this example? This is because of our cleansing karma. For example, the practice of Shankar Prasanna, one of the six karmas of Hatha, involves drinking a lot of water, which is used in conjunction with specific movements to flush your intestinal tract, so it is said that there are other rules in the practice that are not to be followed. In addition, there is the practice of hot yoga, the whole process of practicing a lot of sweat, too much water loss, practice can be a small sip of water.
Secondly, when doing various yoga exercises, you must stretch your body gently at the edge of the limit, and never push or pull hard. If you go beyond the edge of your limit, you are practicing the wrong thing.
There is a word here that may not be very clear to you, what does it mean to be on the edge of the limit? To paraphrase a popular song, it means to be in pain and happy. I stretch forward, stretch to almost unbearable, but at the limit of stretching, I feel the joy of movement. That's it. If you change it to pain and suffering, that definitely won't work, I can't pull as hard as my teacher did I'll tear and strain my muscles. You have to stay a little further forward to pain and suffering, I'm still a little short of that, but I'm painfully happy, that's the edge of the limit. Gentle stretches, controlled exercises. Never push, pull or tug excessively. Yoga has been considered for thousands of years to have absolutely no sports injuries. But now, more people are getting injured practicing yoga. Is yoga bad? No, it's that people are not following the rules of the game. Pay attention to one such rule for sure. When doing various yoga exercises, be sure to stretch your body gently at the edge of your body's limit, never push or pull hard to pull.
Third, if in the process of practicing physical exhaustion, or body trembling, please immediately close to restore, do not excessive persistence.
We may have such a situation, for example, to do a boat position, we have had the condition of muscle shaking? There, shaking because of what? It is because of muscle fatigue. For example, in your extreme fatigue when I told you to do the sun salutation twenty times, you may have to strike. The muscle is also, shaking and can't hold on, why do you force it, it will get hurt, so that is why, when you are physically exhausted, when you can't do this thing yet, don't force yourself to do it. Don't be frustrated that you can't do something, as long as you practice regularly, over time, your body's tolerance will become stronger and stronger, and your physique will become better and better 。。。。。
Edit Summary of Yoga Poses and Their Effects
<Seated Pose: Forward Leaning Pose>
Sitting in a forward leaning position not only calms the entire nervous system, but also calms the brain.
Especially for beginners, the forward leaning sitting poses are a little easier to accomplish than the forward leaning standing poses, which require a little more effort and a certain amount of balance.
In general, once the forward-leaning sitting posture is practiced, it provides a good foundation for practicing the standing posture, and it also provides a practical alternative for people with high blood pressure or as well as illnesses, who, if they listen wisely, do not place their head below the heart.
The Forward Leaning Pose can affect many energy centers (chakras) and vital organs in the body at once, but one of the most beneficial is the Power Source point (also known as the center chakra, or second chakra). This chakra governs the kidneys and adrenal glands, so practicing forward leaning poses is an effective count for balancing and strengthening the function of these organs.
Forward leaning poses are mainly categorized as Diamond Pose, Bound Angle Pose, Straddle Ride Pose, Single Leg Exchange Stretch Pose, Archery Pose, Back Stretch Pose, Cow Face Pose, and Boat Pose.
<Sitting: Backward Leaning>
Backward Leaning generally requires the body to be strong and powerful, while Forward Leaning requires the body to be flexible. At the same time, backbends are a great way to strengthen and tone the body, especially for the muscles of the back, legs and buttocks. If you don't think you have the strength to do a backward lean, then practice standing poses with one-star difficulty, such as Warrior Pose, first.
1. Backward facing poses increase the flexibility of the vertebrae, help improve standing and sitting posture, and maintain the flexibility of the spine. They also benefit the nervous system by increasing the blood supply to the spinal region and the nerves that stick out from the spine.
2. Stretch the abdominal region and can help digestion to a great extent as they tone the abdominal muscles and digestive organs which are weak in general. They also extend and open the chest area and increase the flexibility of the shoulders, thus helping the chest to get more extended. This creates better conditions for deep breathing, which benefits the respiratory system as well. The brain also enters a state of passive calm as the body stays back master.
3. The backward facing pose can affect many energy centers. For example, the throat chakra, the energy center located in the throat, is affected whenever the neck is straightened or lifted down.
All chakras are affected when performing a full backbend. However, the chakra that is most affected, and also the one that receives the greatest benefit, is the navel chakra, the third energy center, which is closely related to the abdominal plexus.
This chakra is also associated with the pancreas. The pancreas has a chemical influence on the stomach, liver and spleen. From an energetic standpoint, all organs are interrelated and supportive of each other.
The pancreas regulates the body's sugar levels by producing insulin. If insulin levels are reduced, then diabetes can easily result and the muscles no longer have the ability to utilize glucose efficiently. The function of the spleen is to differentiate between the pure and impure foods that each person ingests.
These bodily functions and their associated chakras also affect our emotions. For example, our ability to recognize the value of things is very important. When the energy of the Spleen is blocked, it can lead to negative emotions and cause us to become distracted, overly worried, and to feel "stagnant". In this way, the Spleen affects our ability to make decisions and move forward in life.
The main backbends are Cat Stretch, Camel Pose, Cobra Pose, Locust Pose, Bow Pose, Fish Pose, Dog Stretch, and Bridge Pose.
<Seated: Spinal Twist Poses>
Spinal Twist Poses are particularly useful for aligning the individual vertebrae, which effectively twists the spine above the waist. These poses gently massage the internal organs in the abdominal region and provide fresh blood to nourish these organs. They also expand the chest and create conditions for better breathing, especially breathing using the chest.
Spinal twists rejuvenate the nerve centers of the nervous system, which extend from the spine to the periphery of the body. So these poses have a greater effect on the autonomic nervous system than any other category of poses, especially on the vagus nerve. It has the effect of arranging and calming the body and brain; so it not only refreshes the body, but also energizes the subtle chakra system.
The autonomic nervous system is controlled by the main stem of the brain and the lower part of the optic chakra, which is responsible for all the bodily functions of which we are not conscious. These functions include digestion, respiration, secretion of glands and hormones, heartbeat, blood circulation, and the functioning of the kidneys and liver.
The vagus nerve is an important part of the parasympathetic nervous system in the center of our body, and it also affects the sympathetic nervous system. The parasympathetic nervous system is the quiet, relaxing part of the autonomic nervous system that balances the active, stimulating effects of the sympathetic nervous system.
The vagus nerve runs from the brain down the spine and ends at the abdominal plexus; this nerve is associated with seven energy centers (chakras), which in turn are closely related to the various sympathetic plexuses in the body.
By energizing the nerve centers, energy and power are brought together, thus releasing energy that has been blocked off in the body, and in this way the energy can be better utilized. We can achieve this release of energy by performing spinal twisting poses, while energizing the various subtle parts of the body and stamina (related to the chakras).
The backbends are mainly categorized into Spinal Twist, Sitting Twist, and Crescent Moon.
<Standing Poses>
In Yoga, counter poses are very important for all the poses, the purpose of performing counter poses is to bring back the symmetry to your body after performing those asymmetrical standing poses and also these counter poses give a relaxing stretch to your thighs and spine.
Standing postures are mainly categorized into Mountain Pose, Crouching Pose, Bent Stretch, Side Bent Stretch, Warrior 1st Pose, Warrior 2nd Pose, Triangle Stretch, Rotating/Flipping Triangle, Side Triangle Stretch
<Balanced postures: standing and hand balancing>
It refers to the flexibility of the body by balancing or using the body in an even manner, posing and coordination of the limbs. It gives your brain peace and tranquility and focus.
Balancing poses are mainly categorized as Tree Pose, Warrior 3rd Pose, Half Moon Pose, Eagle Pose, Dance Pose, Balance Pose, Brace Pose, Oblique Brace Pose, Peacock Pose, Backward Brace Pose, Crow Pose, and Handstand Pose
<Inverted poses>
Inverted poses are an integral part of yoga training. They can affect the functioning of the body in a variety of ways, giving us physical, mental and spiritual benefits, and the poses can also re-energize the entire system. For example, they eliminate fatigue, relieve insomnia, headaches, varicose veins, digestive disorders, and excess tension and anxiety.
Inversions are mainly categorized as shoulderstand, plow, scorpion, and headstand
<resting and relaxing poses>
Effective movements are often at their most relaxed when they are at their most energetic.
Relaxation poses are mainly categorized into supine relaxation work, lying hero work, half supine relaxation work
Edit What should I pay attention to when buying yoga clothes?
For beginners, clothing is the most basic equipment, we can often see that yoga movements are relatively soft, and the amplitude is relatively large, so it requires yoga practice clothing must not be too tight. Too close to the clothing, for the action of the stretch is not good, we see the yoga clothes are basically tight on the bottom of the loose, the top is generally relatively tight point, but the pants are certainly loose, this is to facilitate the action to do place. Tops as long as they can wear their own temperament can be, and pants to loose, casual-based.
Comfortable and natural
If you've seen old photos of Indian yogis, you'll see men (the Indian tradition is that only men can practice yoga) nearly naked, with only the lower half of their bodies wrapped in a piece of cloth. Yes, that's traditional yoga wear. But that's comfortable, but not necessarily appropriate, is it?
Purchasing advice:
Many people who want to learn yoga don't know where to buy yoga clothes. First of all, if you choose to cheap, then you can solve their own, in general, we used to wear loose pants, slightly elastic can be used as yoga pants, knitted, cotton, hemp can be. Once again, to some style more pursuit of casual fashion brand stores to choose, we know that the best yoga clothing, pants are best with drawstring, the length can be freely adjusted according to the need, and such pants can be found in many brands of clothing. As for the top, there is generally no special requirements, as long as it suits you. In addition, in some underwear brand stores, we can also see the figure of yoga clothes, such as Amore underwear, where you can see professional yoga clothes. Of course, we have can go to a professional sports store to buy, in the gym is generally also equipped with standard yoga clothing for everyone to choose.
And for many people who do not like to go out shopping, a search on the Internet can find many yoga clothing sellers, a keyboard can take care of what they need.
Edit Yoga and Indian Philosophy
Yoga has been around for thousands of years, and the only classic is the Yoga Sutra (an important theoretical work on yoga) rooted in the famous Yoga Practitioner (YOGI) Patanjali (pronounced "Yoga Sutra") from two hundred years BC. Strictly speaking, yoga is a kind of physical and mental exercise, just like the Chinese talk about returning to the origin, guiding, etc., yoga in India is also a general term for physical and mental practice. There was a period of time when people who practiced all kinds of physical and mental exercises were honored as Yogis (Yogi, Yogini for women), regardless of any school of thought.
In ancient India, there were many schools of religion and philosophy, but two works were honored as classics by most Indians: the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Brahminism in ancient India advocated the theory of "Brahman and I", and due to the popularity of Hinduism and the influence of another famous yoga master who was also a Hindu master, Shankara, these two books were widely used in ancient India. Due to the popularity of Hinduism and the influence of another famous yoga master, Shankara, who was also a Hindu master, these two books have been regarded as classics by most yogis since then. Yoga is originally a physical and mental practice, which has nothing to do with religion and can be said to have been adopted by any religion in ancient India. Its highest purpose is to realize all human possibilities, from the unity of spirit (ego) and nature (Brahman, the Great Self, the Supreme Consciousness) (i.e., "Brahman and I are the same"), all the way to becoming a Buddha and becoming an immortal, or other sects of the highest purpose, Yoga is one of the recognized paths.
As an old Indian saying goes, there are two ways of transcending the orbit of the sun (attaining eternity):
1. Renunciation of the world in Yoga;
2. Renunciation of the body on the battlefield.
This is in fact in line with traditional Chinese values, such as the Taoist doctrine of "merit and virtue" and the Confucian belief in the "Shrine of Loyalty and Martyrdom".
Categorization of Yoga
Yoga can be relatively divided into six categories: Yoga of Wisdom, Yoga of Karma, Yoga of Faith, Yoga of Hatha, Yoga of the King, and Yoga of Kundalini, and there are also some other yoga systems that are not mainstreamed, so they will not be introduced.
In accordance with the true meaning of yoga is indistinguishable, because no matter how a yoga, for the practitioner is a tool to the spiritual world, the use of different tools, the method of nature has a lot of sources; just the modern people always want to emphasize that their own tools are particularly good so that unconsciously began to exclude the other tools, the idea of this last influence on the more people, I'm here to make a distinction, just want you to be better, so that you can be better. I make a distinction here, just hope you can better understand the characteristics of yoga, these characteristics make her extraordinarily vivid, I hope you do not pay special attention to a particular method and ignore the more important things.
Wisdom Yoga advocates the cultivation of the idea of knowledge, liberation from ignorance, and attainment of divine knowledge in anticipation of oneness with Brahman. According to Wisdom Yoga, there is a difference between lower and higher knowledge. What the common man calls knowledge is confined only to the external manifestations of life and matter. This lower knowledge can be acquired by direct or indirect means. The knowledge sought by Wisdom Yoga, however, requires the yogi to turn his eyes inward, to experience and understand Brahman, the God who creates all things, through the nature of all external things. By reading aloud the ancient classics, which are considered to be apocalyptic, one understands the true mysteries of the books and gains access to the divine truth. With the practice of yoga, the yogi raises the vital chi, opens the Brahma chakra at the top of the head, and allows Brahma to enter the body to gain supreme wisdom.
Yoga philosophy recognizes that the physical body is only the vehicle of the inner being or soul. More important than that is the "subtle" body (pranayamakosha), which surrounds the physical body through many chakras and energy centers. Yoga philosophy recognizes that the practice of yoga activates the functions of the body.
The lower branches of the tree of Patanjali focus on the tangible body, while the higher branches focus on the subtle body. An autopsy of the latter reveals that it consists of seven energy centers - chakras (wheels) - and more than 70,000 chakras (nadis). By learning the physical discipline of controlling your breath and yoga poses, you can control the flow of energy through your body and ultimately achieve spiritual fulfillment.
The seven chakras, which translate from Sanskrit as "wheels" and "circles," are the energy centers that connect the subtle body to the physical body. The chakras store all of a person's energy or life force (prana) and control the release of energy through the breath. Each chakra is associated with a certain physical or emotional energy and usually with an element. All the chakras, except the Zenith Chakra, have their own mantras.
The seven chakras are located sequentially and at regular intervals on the main chakra, with the middle chakra forming a vertical path along the spine. The first chakra, located at the base of the spine, is the bottom chakra, which implies the foundation or source of life and is associated with life and earth. The genital chakra (meaning "place of the soul") is the location of sexual desire and pleasure and is water. Next is the navel chakra, which means "sun" and is associated with or, which controls one's willpower and endurance. The Heart Chakra means "undefeated" and is associated with the triumph of love and passion, and governs "chi". The Throat Chakra governs wisdom and creativity. The Eyebrow Chakra is located in the center of the forehead and is associated with perception and consciousness. The last chakra on the chakra is the Zenith Chakra, which symbolizes eternity and opens the door to wisdom in the soul.
Chakra MapThe chakras weave a network of chakras throughout the body. The most basic chakra is the middle chakra, which forms a vertical channel along the spine, connecting the seven chakras. On either side of the middle chakra are the secondary chakras, the right and left chakras, which control the energy in the body in opposite directions - described in terms of polarities as male and female or yin and yang, similar to how the left and right hemispheres of the brain control different functions in the physical body.
Other Types of Yoga
Tantra Yoga
Tantra Yoga is a thousand year old secret lineage of masters and disciples that focuses on the development of life energies that transcend the mortal realm. Tantra Yoga is characterized by intricate mandala patterns (Yantra), detailed religious rituals, undisclosed content, the practice of utilizing sexual energy to draw out life energy, the practice of transforming matter, the practice of utilizing corpses, the practice of solar energy, and so on.
High-temperature yoga
BikramYoga emphasizes the practice of asanas in a classroom where the temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius or more, and sweating profusely is a pleasure, and some people occasionally vomit and lose consciousness due to poor health. Because BikramYoga has a patent issue, the practice of high temperature yoga is known as HotYoga to avoid, the name is different from the content of the same, but the industry will be better temperature and humidity control equipment for separation.
Relaxation Yoga
To try to relax the body and mind as the main asana practice, coaching content to guide the body to relax and soothe the main, mainly for insomnia, high stress problem people. The famous SivanandaYoga school is similar to this.
Yoga
Yoga in the name of the famous Indian national treasure B.K. Iyengar masters, Iyengar masters are now more than eighty years old, engaged in yoga teaching for decades, is now the world's most respected yoga masters. His Yoga Chain is characterized by the precision of the postures, the sequencing of the exercises, the use of assistive devices, etc., and he is the Yogi who has publicly introduced the Breath Chain method the most.
Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga was founded by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, a sibling of Guru Iyengar, and is characterized by a strong succession of postures, an emphasis on the coordination of movement and breath, and the use of the Ujayi method of breathing. AshtangaYoga arranges several sets of continuous asana sequences according to the degree of difficulty, and it takes one to two hours or more to complete each set, which includes many difficult movements, and AshtangaYoga gives practitioners a strong sense of confidence in their own bodies.
Double Yoga
Yoga featuring couples practicing asanas in pairs is not a school of yoga, but a yoga classroom that wants to add character to its programs to attract students.
Maternity Yoga
As the name suggests, it was also created because yoga studios wanted to add features to their programs to attract students.
Yoga for pregnant women increases physical strength and muscle tone, enhances balance, and improves the flexibility and suppleness of the entire muscle tissue.
In the first stage of pregnancy, pregnant women doing any strenuous physical exercises often fail to persevere and eventually give up. It is recommended that pregnant women start exercising from the 4th month of pregnancy. Prospective mothers who have no history of miscarriage and are active and healthy can start doing gentle exercises that build strength and improve muscle flexibility and tone whenever they feel ready.
Throughout pregnancy, pregnant women can practice different different yoga poses, but it must be based on individual needs and comfort, yoga practice varies from person to person and must be coordinated with the person's physical condition. If there is any discomfort while practicing. Can be changed to a more suitable for their own practice posture.
Pregnant women practicing yoga can enhance physical strength and muscle tone, enhance the body's sense of balance, improve the flexibility of the entire muscle tissue and flexibility. It also stimulates the glands that control hormone secretion, increases blood circulation, accelerates blood circulation, and also provides good control over breathing. The practice of yoga also serves to massage the internal organs. In addition, yoga practiced for the abdomen can help reshape the body after childbirth.
Yoga is beneficial for improving sleep, eliminating insomnia and making people healthy and comfortable. Form a positive and healthy attitude towards life. Yoga also helps people to self-regulate, so that the body and mind become one.
But it is important to note that yoga is not the only way to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and smoother. Yoga is just a way to help pregnant women get the right kind of exercise throughout their pregnancy. "Labor takes a lot of energy, so it's normal for most pregnant women to feel scared and uneasy before they go into labor. Practicing yoga can make this process easier and help keep the mindset of the pregnant woman calm before delivery.
Parent-Child Yoga
Yoga asanas, which allow parents to work with their children, also came about as a result of the need for yoga studios to add features to their programs to attract students.
Rope Yoga
General Yoga asanas are practiced with the help of ropes and other equipment.
Ball Yoga
A general yoga asana practice with the addition of large or small bouncy balls and other equipment.
Edit this section of the practice of yoga is divided into eight stages
Moral norms:
Moral first. Without morality any karma cannot be practiced well. Must be guided by virtue, virtue is the mother of success, virtue is the source of work. Yoga morality basic content: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, abstinence, no desire. This is the moral code that yoga first requires practitioners to abide by.
Internal and external purification of the self:
External purification is to correct behavior and habits, and to strive for the beauty of the flower surroundings; internal purification is to eradicate the six vices: desire, anger, greed, frenzy, obsession, malice, and envy.
Asana:
It is a postural exercise that purifies, protects, and heals the body and mind. The types of asanas are innumerable and they work well on muscles, digestive organs, glands, nervous system and other tissues of the physical body respectively. It not only improves the physical body, but also improves the mental qualities and balances the physical and mental bodies.
Breathing:
It is the conscious prolongation of inhalation, breath holding and exhalation. Breathing in is the action of receiving the energy of the universe, holding the breath is to revitalize the energy of the universe, and breathing out is to remove all thoughts and emotions, while eliminating the waste and turbid Qi in the body, so that the body and mind can be stabilized.
Control of spiritual feelings:
The spirit is at all times in two opposite and contradictory activities, desire and feelings are entangled with each other, followed by activities linked to the ego. To control the mental senses is to suppress the desires and to calm the feelings. Concentrating the consciousness on one point or one thing, thus stabilizing and calming the mind.
Meditation, the state of stillness:
It is difficult to describe, as it can only be understood through actual experience.
The adherent enters the state of "forgetfulness":
i.e., he does not realize that his body is breathing, and that he is not aware of his own spiritual and intellectual existence. He has entered the infinite and vast world of tranquility.
The above eight stages are synthesized in Yoga.
The eight stages are further realized in four steps.
Stages 1 and 2 are the foundation of the mind, the preparation of the mind.
Stages 3 and 4 are physical training, through various postures to achieve the purpose of removing disease and strengthening the body.
Stages 5 and 6 are the preliminary meditation and practice of Jing Gong.
The last two stages are the higher level of practice, meditation and meditation stage