Inner World of Yoga – Day 0
Yogic Sciences include the practices and truths contained in the Eight Limbs, as well as:
Ayurveda – the principles of the imbalances causing dis-ease formation, and knowledge and practices for healing and health.
Vastu – the principles based on laws of nature meaning the forces of earth, fire, water, air and space, and the directions, and how their energy applies to balance and harmony in the architecture of homes, public buildings and our natural surroundings, to enhance prosperity, health, and happiness, through the flow of positive energy.
Vedic Astrology or Jyotish – a very complex combination of cosmology, astronomy and astrology used to chart auspicious timing for major events in a person’s life including birth, marriage, death, and information for larger world events.
Yoga and the West
As Yoga Gurus (teachers) and their teachings spread West in the 1800’s, interest and fascination gained followers both in Europe and the United States. Some notable followers include the British writer Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and the Transcendentalists, a philosophical and religious movement (mostly Unitarian), whose proponents included writers like Thoreau, Whitman, Emerson and many others. The teachings and principles of the ancient system infiltrated Western intellectualism, spiritualists, the emerging field of psychology, and even spilled into media and pop culture – think Beatles and beyond – on both sides of the pond. Even Albert Einstein’s quote, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it” is right in line with Yogic principles of growth and consciousness.
