Yoga

The Sanskrit word Yoga comes from yuj, which literally means "to yoke", "to join", "to unite".

Yoga has developed in India, starting from pre-aryan culture, in about 5000 years. Yoga is part of three major traditions: the orthodox spiritual tradition (hinduism, buddhism) and eterodox (yoga, sannyasin, sadhus, siddha); the philosophical tradition (it is one of six Darshan, currents of thought), the medical tradition (as a method of prevention and health maintenance of Ayurvedic Medicine).

Many historians agree that Yoga was part of world culture and that this tradition has been kept alive by some Hindu and Buddhist communities in Northern India, that have passed this tradition, from generation to generation, until today.

There are different "branches" or yogic pathways, more or less suited to the different natures of human beings.
According to yogic conception any technique, if practiced with diligence and concentration, in its initial form is the vehicle that allows the Yogi (the yoga practitioner) to join his outside individuality with his core of inner consciousness and, in its final form, is the vehicle that leads him to experience the state of "Enlightenment" or "Samadhi", the higher level of consciousness in which the conscious mind is united and merges with the Divine.
The main branches of yoga are: Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Nada Yoga.

Paramahamsa Satyananda had the great merit of knowing how to integrate some techniques from these different branches in a systematic method known as "Satyananda Method", particularly suited to today people, involved in situations of life increasingly frenetic and stressful.
For over twenty years he has worked to disseminate this method in Europe, USA and Australia, accompanied by scientific research showing clearly and widely the validity and effectiveness of used practices, both as regards the spiritual aspect, and as a treatment for disorders of psychosomatic origin.