Ashtanga Yoga
Yoga, from the Sanskrit root Yuj, to connect or yoke, has been an integral part of Indian spiritual and cultural life for over 3000 years. The word has been used variously to refer to meditative exercises, religious contemplations, states of body and mind, and to the understanding, or wisdom, that results from spiritual practice and experience.
“Separateness causes suffering and union creates freedom. Yoga is union.
It is the separation from our Self, each other, nature, and from something greater or higher (be it God, universal consciousness, or whatever term you want to use) that causes the anxiety and chaos symptomatic of our times. It is difficult for us to experience our natural connection with each other when we don’t have that connection with our own Self. Yoga connects us with an inner wisdom, in which there is no doubt as to the connection of all things.
Yoga is a practical method of bringing peace and connectedness back into our lives.
We can actually gain back the connection to Self and others as we are released from the restricted thinking, dull mind, and negativity resulting from a strained, tired nervous system. The healthier our nervous system, the healthier our body, mind, thoughts and actions.”