{"id":283,"date":"2026-06-23T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:35:31","slug":"yoga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/?page_id=283","title":{"rendered":"Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoga in sanskrit means to connect, to unite with the dvine. It&#8217;s aim is to still the mind.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A brief history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoga originated thousands of years ago in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Made by men and for men. As it was men that practiced Yoga. The first and only pose was the pose in which you see the buddha sitting in meditation: the lotus pose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But sitting for hours meditation was not good for the flow in their bodies. Sitting too long in the same position caused their health to decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the asana&#8217;s came to life. Breathing was always part of the practice as sitting in stillness and with focus is automatically regulated and becomes parasympathetic rather than sympathetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combined with meditation and focus, the practice of using the body to make it healthier to get a calmer mind for better concentration and focus for meditation makes what we nowadays now as Hatha Yoga. The mother of all other yoga practices that focuses on the body to calm the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Yoga is more than the physical. What we teach is to get the body healthy, the mind calm so that we can develop the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 8 limb of Yoga as described by Patanjali<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patanjali was a sage in ancient India. Author of one of the most known sanskrit text made about Yoga. Patanjali made an easier to comprehend guide to what Yoga is: the Yoga Sutras: 8 limbs of Yoga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Yama\u00a0<\/em>:restraint from unethical actions: how you treat others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nyama\u00a0<\/em>cultivation of good character: how you treat yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asanas: the postures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pranayama: Breath control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pratyahara: Sense withdrawal: Control over the body, breath and senses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dharana: Concentration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dhyana: Meditation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samadi: Absorption with the divine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberation is attained with the help of the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When conquered, the mind is your best friend. But when one fails to conquer it, it can be your worst enemy. &#8220;Bhagavad Gita&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga in sanskrit means to connect, to unite with the dvine. It&#8217;s aim is to still the mind. A brief history Yoga originated thousands of years ago in India. Made by men and for men. As it was men that practiced Yoga. The first and only pose was the pose in which you see the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/?page_id=283\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yoga&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullprana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}