Inception of Yoga

The word Yoga has taken birth from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" which basically intends to join or unite. The union alluded to is that of the individual self uniting with Cosmic Consciousness or the Universal Spirit. Yoga intends to accomplish the objective.

Conceived in India, very nearly 26,000 years back, Yoga is accepted to have developed amid the time of the 'Sat Yuga', likewise called the Golden age. This period got to be known as a period of everlasting peace and plenteous gifts, loaded with seekers of the Eternal Truth. That is the reason, presumably, even today we relate yoga with sages and loners.

It was not until the revelation of the Indus-valley human advancement, the biggest progress, that information about the cause of Yoga surfaced. Unearthing give confirmation of yoga's presence amid this period; yogi - like figures engraved on soapstone seals have been uncovered. Indeed, it was the Aryans, moving from the north-west, who were instrumental in finding yoga.