Yoga 
(Yoga) is an ancient system of spiritual and physical exercises originating in India. Yoga consists of physical exercises, ie, Asana and Pranayama breathing exercises, which began in India where it is considered a means to enlightenment and achieve unity with himself and the universe, Brahman.
The word "yoga" comes from Sanskrit and means to connect, to unite. Yoga exercises have a holistic effect, because balance body, mind, consciousness and soul. In this way yoga helps in overcoming the daily tasks, difficulties and concerns, to achieve a higher level of understanding of self, sense of life and finally to develop a personal relationship with God. On the spiritual journey yoga leads to the highest knowledge and eternal bliss uniting the individual self with the universal Self.
Yoga is not religion. It is the way we dosegnti the source of spirituality and wisdom that underlies all religions. Crossing the religious divide, it shows the path to unity.
Live in harmony with itself and with its environment, the desire of every man. At the present time we are in many areas of life are faced with increasing physical and mental demands. Because more and more people suffer from physical and mental tension such as stress, nervousness, insomnia, as well as biased body burden and consequence of insufficient motion. It is in these days of great value are the methods and techniques for improving health and achieving physical, mental and psychological balance, and in this sense, the system "Yoga in Daily Life" is a great aid in self-help.
Some types of yoga:
* Hatha Yoga, the most popular form of yoga in India, is a way of respect for the deity. It manifests itself in constant repetition of the names of the occult, mantra.
Karma Yoga is the path of service, which is attractive to people who are inclined to active activities.
* Jnana yoga is the path of knowledge, which leads people to a guru, to management, but also the time to study the sacred writings of Hinduism.
* Raja Yoga is the path konteplacije, which includes a number of ways of meditation, in which a man exercise, must learn to discipline your body and mind, to keep a sustained samadhi (union with the Absolute).
* Hatha Yoga is the most popular form of yoga in the West, people often use the many physical and mental well-being, but also achieve deeper states of meditation.
The experiences of people
"... Yoga is a very good recreation for itself, and in combination with other sports. I never thought much about it, when someone mentioned yoga in my mind are images of people falling sfrkanih in impossible positions. But when my mom went to Yoga and bought some books, I began to study a bit about what it is, even the practice itself. There is a slow motion stretching and stretching the entire body where it is very important to breathe with each movement. Breathing is just as important as exercise itself. In addition, there are exercises and meditation for mental relaxation. Practice can be done by anyone, from children to older people. In my experience many people can say that yoga really reduces the pain, whatever your pain.
To me, yoga really helped to improve flexibility, because these exercises activate and stretch muscles that are not usually active. I've always been a lot of extension of the example but I have just managed to pull through yoga and spaghetti. It also helped me to improve balance and strength ... "
Source: http://www.yoga-in-daily-life.hr/joga.htm
http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joga
http://www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/health/yoga.htm
http://www.croportal.net/forum/rekreacija/joga-kao-rekreacija-28059/
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