Part 1.3 - Yoga and Spirituality

"Yoga" means functional integration of the highest level of spiritual psychosomatic development, ensuring not only the health of the body but also simultaneously experiencing the sense of well-being of the senses, mind and soul. Therefore, He has established certain ways and means in the form of various physical and mental procedures. Thus counteracts harmful environmental influences that are without the organism, the holistic approach of yoga or all those yogic practices, including the yamas, rules of social hygiene, the Niyamas, rules of personal hygiene, sudhi kriya, purifying procedures, Asana, postural patterns, Pranayama. Breathing exercises and meditation etc. they are prescribed for the purpose of conditioning and reconditioning the mechanism of body and mind to expand the scope of human personality. Yoga as the subject of various integrations has gained popularity all over the world. Recent trends in scientific research have shown that it can serve as a well-being for health and sports, and also as one of the valuable means for self-realization and human resource development to improve performance and productivity in daily life. Now in modern times- every man is busy in his life style and their wants are unlimited. So try to fulfill his wants the always engage in his life constant labour, worries thoughtfulness to bring in various diseases, mental tension and harassment etc.. So if they want to have peace, clam and quite they will also depend on yoga and pranayama etc. By this process he will attain truth, peace and happiness. Thus, the main aim of the present work is to a well upon the classical and morden approaches to yoga with reference to health and fitness. 81

Science Yoga technology/ Yoga practice Yoa Spirituality ◆ Yogic religious/customer/ ideologies Diagram-1 Yoga is the union of action and path of knowledge for the complete attainment of complete freedom i.e. freedom from the bondage of death and birth. Path of action Practice Yoga Path of knowledge Astanga yoga Diagram-2 Cooking deep into the subject of the present dissertation "A Study of the ancient and modern approaches to yoga with reference to Pranayama and fitness" the technical term 'yoga' is of crucial significance as all terms. Even in the midst of assailing, confusing and conflicting statements, if your mind is stead fast and undisturbed, it is in a state of yoga. 82

Yoga is the scientific temper to study the problem and life itself. According to I.k.Taimini "Yoga is the science of sciences". The main goal of yoga is to unite the soul, body and mind of the individual to achieve maximum tranquility and self-realization. Systematic yogic practices not only eliminate and control various diseases but also keep the mind perfect, clean and peaceful. Yoga provides both physical and mental perfection. Adequate knowledge of the yogic system, selfdiscipline, concentration of mind, determination and punctuality are very important to obtain the benefits of yogic practices, not only to eliminate and control various diseases but also to keep the mind perfect, clean and peaceful. Yoga provides both physical and mental Perfection. Proper knowledge of the yogic system, self-discipline, mental concentration, determination and punctuality are very important for the benefit of yogic practices. In the present times of agitation and mechanical life it is very difficult to abandon bed habits, bad thinking and the disturbed way of life. In Gita it is rightly said "samatvam yoga ucyate"7.