The Hatha Yoga

The direction, the most widely spread in the west. The name is formed by two roots of "ha" - "sun" and "tha" - "Moon", which indicates a desire for balance between effort and relaxation, energy and consciousness, the masculine and feminine. Word as a whole can be literally translated as "strength" or "force". In this case, it all starts with the serious work with the body. In a lazy man, nearly every one of us, at this point it may be a reasonable question: why "karyachitsya 'up a sweat when you can just sit under a tree and think of something beautiful or smart read books in anticipation of enlightenment. Alas, all is not so simple. Try it yourself and you'll see for yourself. First of all, you do not get long to sit in one position, the body soon zanoet and zatechet. Secondly, the mind, too, refuses to obey and you will think about what it wants, in other words randomly jump from one topic to another. On closer examination, to cope with the body will be somewhat easier than with the mind, although this will require a systematic effort. In principle, it is quite logical: if you do not own something that you can see and touch, how can subdue something intangible and elusive? In addition, one of the fundamental esoteric principles states: both inside and outside, that is, by acting on the body, we simultaneously has an impact on consciousness, which will gradually change along with the physical body.

Raja Yoga

Focuses on working with consciousness; it is dominated by meditative and experimental techniques, visualization. As you know, Rajas in India called the kings, so that this type of yoga can be no exaggeration to call the king. Because the position requires, these teachers raja yoga is extremely small, and attempts to separate its development is unlikely to lead to the desired result - a personal touch with the teacher plays a decisive role.

Karma Yoga

The Sanskrit term karma refers not only to the law of cause and effect (although in the west of the most widely known for this aspect), but simply the action. Therefore, in this area can be attributed not only to practice as such, but every act committed in the name of yoga. Thus, karma yoga can be considered the organization of work yoga center, training seminars or writing this article, as well as any other matter directed to the benefit of others and selflessly committed, and not for any personal gain.

Jnana Yoga

The yoga of knowledge involves the study of sacred texts, and this process should be not just an intellectual, academic, as is often the case in Sanskrit and Western Orient lists. Knowledge should be seen not only his head, but heart and soul, it must penetrate deep inside, to become a particle nature and practice, thus, spiritually transform it closer to understanding the essence of nature of things.

Bhakti Yoga

Any Sanskrit term on closer examination turns out to be not just a separate word, and the whole multi-faceted and multi-valued concept. This is fully valid for the term "Bhakti". It can be interpreted as a love and as unselfish and as a sincere devotion to the Deity or Guru is a teacher. This practice, which includes certain rituals, spiritual songs and much more, allows you to look beyond his own ego and becoming one with the Worship.

Sun Salutation or "Good morning!"

Morning. Shower. Coffee. Cigarette ... Even if instead of coffee do you drink orange juice or green tea, and a very bad habit, like smoking, you are completely characterized, it is still in such regulations about what is missing. And lacking a very important component. Do not want to discover America, but it is not enough morning exercises. People in older age groups, the words "morning exercise" reminiscent of upbeat music on the radio and the words of speaker: "One, two, tilt left, tilt right" and that there is still talked about. Those who are younger, think about the set of exercises, aerobics, dancing or at least in bed ... and you can start them in bed, and continue...

But let's start from the beginning. Having conducted a survey among friend’s ladies of various ages, I found that very few people doing morning exercises. Reasons? Everything was very simple. One lady prevented excess weight and complexity of the exercise (much like the argument that if she will stomp and jump from neighbors plaster from the ceiling). Someone was in the morning too little time and even 15-20 minutes (I'm not talking about a full half-hour charge) - it's too much. Someone is after charging is too overheated, and in this form would not venture out of the house.