Iyengar Yoga
By iyengar man
Iyengar Yoga was created by B.K.S. Iyengar. This
form of yoga often uses props, such as blocks and belts which help perform complex
postures. It is firmly based on the traditional eight limbs of yoga, which emphasize
the development of balance, flexibility, strength and above all concentration and
meditation.
Tantrism is a practice that is supposed to alter
the relation of its practitioners to the ordinary social, religious, and logical
reality in which they live. Through Tantric practice an individual perceives
reality as maya, illusion, and the individual achieves liberation from it.[61]
This particular path to salvation among the
several offered by Hinduism, links Tantrism to those practices of Indian religions,
such as yoga, meditation, and social renunciation, which are based on temporary or
permanent withdrawal from social relationships and modes.[61]
During tantric practices and studies, the student
is instructed further in meditation technique, particularly chakra meditation. This
is often in a limited form in comparison with the way this kind of meditation is
known and used by Tantric practitioners and yogis elsewhere, but is more elaborate
than the initiate's previous meditation. It is considered to be a kind of Kundalini
Yoga for the purpose of moving the Goddess into the chakra located in the "heart,"
for meditation and worship.[62]
[edit] Goal of Yoga There are numerous opinions
on what the goal of Yoga may be. Goals can range from improving health and fitness,
to reaching Moksha.
Within the monist schools of Advaita Vedanta and
Shaivism this perfection takes the form of Moksha, which is liberation from all
worldly suffering and the cycle of birth and death (Samsara) at which point there
is a realisation of identity with the Supreme Brahman. For the bhakti schools of
Vaishnavism, bhakti or service to Svayam bhagavan itself is the ultimate goal of
the yoga process,[28] wherein perfection culminates in an eternal relationship with
Vishnu, Rama or Krsna, depending on the affiliation
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Thomas T :)
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