MEDICAL TOURISM YOGA
FOLLOWING BUDDHA TO TRANQUILITY
Muni Yoga is a unique and patented combination of several procedures envisioned to improve the quality of life and enhance spiritual and overall progress of the individual.
Y
oga, one of the conspicuous contributions of ancient India to the world,is anamalgamation of physical, mental and spiritual practices and its origin is speculated to date back to the Vedic era. Yoga started gaining popularity in the west as an exercise during the 1980s and its fame is mounting each day and people are fascinated by its aura. That may be the reason the UN general assembly declared June 21 as the International Yoga day recognizing the fact that “yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being”. A couple of terms that we always hear in relation to Yoga are Ashtamga Yogaand Hata Yoga. The hata yoga is referred to as “six-limbed” yoga while Ashtamga Yoga is known as the “eight-limbed” practice. The practices that the two systems generally share in common with one another as well as with the Buddhist yoga system are posture, breath controland the three levels of meditative concentration leading to Samadhi. In Ashtamga Yoga, these six practices are preceded by behavioral restraints and ritual observances (Yama and Niyama). Hata Yoga considers ex-
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