Yoga- Topic Research

Yoga 

For one of my sources for my project, I have looked into and decided to use a book that Professor Laura provided me with called Yoga Mythology By: Devdutt Pattanaik with Mathtew Rulli
Although there is not a full link to the book that I can provide, I have included a link for anyone who is interested in to to start with a free sample of it from google play You can also get the book for you kindle from amazon here. This book provides the names of 64 yogic asanas and tells of their stories, as well as how their names are connected to yoga poses.

In the first chapter of this book, it talks about a household metaphor of yoga in which women use rice flour to create patterns called kolam or rangoli on the floor just outside their house. Here, dots and lines are joined, with the reminder that connecting starts to create constellations helps us understand the sky.

Other points-of-reference from this chapter include:
- yoga is also referred to as 'joga'
- it has different meanings, which is contingent upon a person's context of it
- adjectives that are used to describe the connection of yoga

• karma yoga
• bhakti yoga 
• gyan yoga 
• hatha yoga 
• tantra yoga 

OTHER RESOURCES  

The wikipedia page on Yoga is another source that I think will be great in learning to origins of it. 

The wikipedia page on Yogi. From this article, it states that a Yogi (male) lives by voluntary ethical precepts called Yamas and Niyamas, including: 

• Ahiṃsā (अहिंसा): nonviolence, non-harming other living beings
• Satya (सत्य): truthfulness, non-falsehood
• Asteya (अस्तेय): not stealing
• Dayā (दया): kindness, compassion
• Ārjava (आर्जव): non-hypocrisy, sincerity
• Kṣamā (क्षमा): forgiveness
• Dhṛti (धृति): fortitude
• Mitāhāra (मितहार): moderation in diet both in terms of quantity and quality
• Śauca (शौच): purity, cleanliness
• Tapas: austerity, persistence and perseverance in one's purpose
• Santoṣa: contentment, acceptance of others and of one's circumstances as they are, optimism for self^[32]
• Dāna: generosity, charity, sharing with others

The wikipedia page on Yogini, a female practitioner of Yoga.

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