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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Agni Yoga, Ananda yoga, Anusara Yoga, Anuyoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Bando yoga, Bhakti, Bhakti yoga, Bikram Yoga, Cardiac yoga, Chair Yoga, Dahn yoga, Doga (Dog Yoga), Dream yoga, Forrest Yoga, Hatha yoga, Integral yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Karma yoga, Kriya Yoga, Kum Nye, Kundalini yoga, Laughter Yoga, Laya yoga, List of yoga schools, Mahayoga, Mysore style, Naam yoga, Naked yoga, Pranava yoga, R ja yoga, Rocket Yoga, Shinshin-t itsu-d, Siddha Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Taoist yoga, TriBalance Hot Yoga, TriYoga, Trul khor, Viniyoga, Yoga for Movement Disorders, Yoga of Synthesis, Zen yoga. Excerpt: Yoga (Sanskrit, P li: , / j /, ) is a commonly known generic term for physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines which originated in ancient India. Specifically, yoga is one of the six stika ("orthodox") schools of Hindu philosophy. One of the most detailed and thorough expositions on the subject are the Yoga S tras of Patanjali. Various traditions of yoga are found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Pre-philosophical speculations and diverse ascetic practices of first millennium BCE were systematized into a formal philosophy in early centuries CE by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. By the turn of the first millennium, Hatha yoga emerged as a prominent tradition of yoga distinct from the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and marks the development of asanas into the full body postures now in popular usage and, along with its many modern variations, is the style that many people associate with the word yoga today. Hindu monks, beginning with Swami Vivekananda, brought yoga to the West in the late 19th century. In the 1980s, yoga became popular as a physical system of health exercises across the Western world. Many studies have tried to determine the effectiveness of yoga as a complementary intervention for cancer, schizophrenia, asthma and heart patients. In a national survey, long-term yoga practitioners in the United States reported musculo-skeletal and mental health improvements. Statue of Lord Shiva in Bangalore, India, performing yogic meditation in the Padmasana posture.In Vedic Sanskrit, the more commonly used, literal meaning of the Sanskrit word which is "to add," "to join," "to unite," or "to attach" from the root, already had a much more figurative sense, where the yoking or harnessing of oxen or horses takes on broader meanings such as "employment, use, application, performance" (compare the figurative uses of "to harness" as in "to put something to some use"). All further developments of the sense of this word are post-Vedic. More prosaic moods such as"
