History

A BRIEF HISTORY OF YOGA

 The development of yoga can be traced back to over 5,000 years ago. One of the first systemic presentations of yoga is Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutras. Often referred to as the father of yoga, Patanjali organized the practice of yoga into an “eight limbed path.”
These eight limbs consist of:
Yama: ethical standards
Niyama: self-discipline
Asana: posture
Pranayama: breath control
Pratyahara: sensory withdrawl
Dharana: concentration
Dhyana: meditation
Samadhi: ecstasy, final liberation

These limbs correlate and integrate into the six branches of yoga. Each branch has its unique characteristics and approach towards life. While one may be drawn to one branch it is important to recognize that many of these branches or paths naturally overlap into another.
The six branches of yoga:
Karma Yoga: path of service
Tantra Yoga: path of ritual
Hatha Yoga: path of “disciplined balance”
Jnana Yoga: path of intellect
Bhakti Yoga: path of devotion
Raja Yoga: “royal” path, path of meditation

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I know that God's power is limitless; and as I am made in His image, I, too, have the strength to overcome all obstacles. -Paramahansa Yogananda

Happiness depends to some extent upon external conditions, but chiefly upon mental attitudes. -Paramahansa Yogananda

As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited. -Paramahansa Yogananda

When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow through. -Paramahansa Yogananda

Nothing is impossible, unless you think it is. -Paramahansa Yogananda

Even the thought of wanting God changes you. -Paramahansa Yogananda

Love only what is beautiful and pure... See, hear, smell, taste, and touch only what is good... Will and feel goodness, and ever seek the sweet nectar of God's presence in meditation. -Paramahansa Yogananda

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear. -Confucius

Don't be afraid to be amazing. -Andy Offutt Irwin

Definition of happiness: The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. -John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor. -Vincent Lombardi

Only a life lived for others is worth living. -Albert Einstein

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. -Albert Einstein

I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details. -Albert Einstein

Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it. -Albert Einstein

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. -Albert Einstein

Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy. -Albert Einstein

Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe - a spirit vastly superior to that of man. -Albert Einstein

We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. -Albert Einstein

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. -Albert Einstein

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. -William A. Word

I never learned anything while talking. -Larry King

Commitment is doing what you said you would do after the feeling you said it in has passed. -St. Camillus de Lellis

Your mental attitude is something you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude - your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are. -Napoleon Hill

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. -Voltaire

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. -Wayne W. Dyer

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. -G. K. Chesterton

Blessed are the hearts that can bend, they shall never be broken. -Albert Camus

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. -Mahatma Gandhi

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -Mahatma Gandhi

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. -Mahatma Gandhi

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. -Mahatma Gandhi

Life is here to enjoy! -Maharishi Yogi

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. -Maharishi Yogi

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. -George Washington

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -Abraham Lincoln

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. -Phil Jackson

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on. -Pythagoras

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live for others, they will live for you. -Paramahansa Yogananda

In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil. -Patanjali

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle; I just wish he didn't trust me so much. -Mother Teresa

That old law about \"an eye for an eye\" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. -Martin Luther King Jr.

Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. -Martin Luther King Jr.

My life is my message. -Mahatma Gandhi

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind. -Zen wisdom

Anger has no eyes. -Hindu Proverb

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -Indian Proverb

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. -Rumi

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. -Herman Hesse

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. -Aldous Huxley

All you behold; tho? it appears Without, it is Within; In your Imagination; of which this World of Mortality is but a Shadow. -William Blake

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. -Pablo Picasso

This is It, and I am It, and you are It, And so is That, and he is It, and she is It, and it is It, and that is That. -James Broughton

As our case is new, we must think and act anew. -Abraham Lincoln

I have been all things unholy; if God can work through me, he can work through anyone. -St. Francis of Assisi

I may give out - but I will never give up. -Chuckie Mullins

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. -Leonardo Da Vinci

Our bodies are gardens, to which our wills are gardeners. -William Shakespeare

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. -Chinese Proverb

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. -Martin Luther King Jr.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear; behold wonder. -Richard Bach

It is not enough to aim, you must hit. -German Proverb

Give me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough, and I can single-handedly move the world. -Archimedes

I possess the creative power of spirit. The infinite intelligence will guide me and solve every problem. -Paramahansa Yogananda

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success. -Dr. Rob Gilbert

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom. -Paramahansa Yogananda

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