The History of Yoga
October 26, 2007 by
Everywhere you look, there are Yoga studios, Yoga DVDs, books...everyone is touting Yoga as the best form of toning exercise that incorporates the mind with the body. There are even different types of 
Yoga being offered. What exactly is Yoga and where does it come from? Yoga could be incorporated into our lives easier if we had a better understanding of how it came about.
Actually Yoga has been around for a very long time, as far back as 3000 B.C. This claim can be made due to drawings found on stone from that time period describing certain types of Yoga poses. Throughout history, according to archaeological findings, Yoga has been shown as a way to bring together and heal the body and mind.
The very first recorded drawing of Yoga shows it as a community effort guided by a mentor to promote harmony amongst each other. Most often these images included rituals and ceremonies which suggest that Yoga was used in conjunction with them with the sole purpose of going beyond the mind's limitations. This evidence of Yoga shows a connection to the practice of Hinduism. Now moving forward to sixth century B.C. scriptures revealed Yoga's connections to Buddhism as well. These writings show Yoga as a marriage between the actual physical self with the spiritual one. It was at this time that Yoga was studied by the first Buddhist. It wasn't until 500 B.C. when the first actual Yoga scriptures were found. Even then, those scriptures show Yoga as an old practice that had been around for a very long time. Here is where the first official documentation actually shows the same things as had been implied in the earlier drawings and references, that Yoga is a marriage of mind, body and spirit to achieve harmony within.
Around the second century the Yoga Sutra was created as an attempt to explain the classical Yoga further, only this time, emphasis was placed on separating the body and spirit in order to achieve a higher level of internal cleansing. This belief went on for some time before it reverted back to its original concept of merging mind and body.
Actually Yoga has been around for a very long time, as far back as 3000 B.C. This claim can be made due to drawings found on stone from that time period describing certain types of Yoga poses. Throughout history, according to archaeological findings, Yoga has been shown as a way to bring together and heal the body and mind.
The very first recorded drawing of Yoga shows it as a community effort guided by a mentor to promote harmony amongst each other. Most often these images included rituals and ceremonies which suggest that Yoga was used in conjunction with them with the sole purpose of going beyond the mind's limitations. This evidence of Yoga shows a connection to the practice of Hinduism. Now moving forward to sixth century B.C. scriptures revealed Yoga's connections to Buddhism as well. These writings show Yoga as a marriage between the actual physical self with the spiritual one. It was at this time that Yoga was studied by the first Buddhist. It wasn't until 500 B.C. when the first actual Yoga scriptures were found. Even then, those scriptures show Yoga as an old practice that had been around for a very long time. Here is where the first official documentation actually shows the same things as had been implied in the earlier drawings and references, that Yoga is a marriage of mind, body and spirit to achieve harmony within.
Around the second century the Yoga Sutra was created as an attempt to explain the classical Yoga further, only this time, emphasis was placed on separating the body and spirit in order to achieve a higher level of internal cleansing. This belief went on for some time before it reverted back to its original concept of merging mind and body.
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