Hatha-yoga is an ancient spiritual practice, which via the work with body and breath allows "bringing out" a human consciousness to higher level of functioning.
There is no secrete that human mind and body are interrelated. The final goal of traditional yoga practice can be designated as spiritual self-actualization, Unity with Divinity.
Today, yoga takes on the second birth, and gradually its perception will deepen, because many highly embodied Indian teachers specially directed their disciples to the West with the words like: "People are waiting."
Also, as in India itself, in the West, there are different practices, different teachers, different levels of depth perception.
In today's world, there are a number of well-known hatha yoga schools, each of which presents its own style of practice.
In the West, the most famous is Ashtanga vinyasa yoga in the transfer of Shri K. Pattabhi Joyce and style of yoga developed by Sri B.K.S. Ayengar called for brevity as “Ayengar yoga”.
Both of these outstanding masters studied from a guru Sri Tirumalay Krishnamacharya (1888 - 1989), which in the early 1930's, opened Ygashala (yoga school) in South India town of Mysore. Krishnamacharya was a great connoisseur of Sanskrit, Indian religion, philosophy and literature, Ayurveda, astrology and other mystical subjects.
In addition to P. Joyce and B.K.S. Ayengar, the known disciples of Krishnamacharya are also his son T.K.V. Desikachar and the native of Riga, the daughter of a Swedish father and Russian mother - Indra Davy (her real name is Eugene Peterson, 1899-2002).
Different philosophies and training systems are based on different per se Spirit. The essence of the Rivalry Spirit is more peculiar to single combats used in training of competition with a partner. But in yoga, there is only one opponent - one's own imperfections, which are not in the others, but inside one's own essence, at the level of these or those coverings.
On the 9-17 of April, The International Yoga Festival took place in Milan.
First, the Olympic Yoga Sport competition took place. The participants demonstrated a specific set of asanas, and the members of the jury were choosing the one who, in their opinion, was the best to cope with a task. The criteria for selection were not only high technical level of performance, but also a calm attitude to what is happening. It was the calm and smiling by which the Indian guys predisposed the jury, although, of course, there were no equals of them in technique terms. In competition on artistic-yoga-sport a technique, artistry, costumes, music were estimated...
This competition is now more than two millennia. In ancient times, the masters, yogacharyas, sadhu gathered on so-called Kumbha-mely in the days of big festivals. In addition to asanas demonstration, they competed in Pranayama, and had philosophical debates. So, the competition is in blood of Indians.
Any Indian child is familiar with the philosophy of yoga since school years, and even sits for the corresponding examinations. As a sports discipline, yoga is a part of school and university, urban and national sports competitions.
The International Federation has been existing for more than 3 year. Its foundation was the «Vishwa Yoga Samsad» World Council of Yoga, founded in 1965. In Spain, the European Yoga Alliance supported by the Federation, annually holds the training course for professional teachers of yoga. Diploma issued by the end of this course is consistent with the college diploma, because the quality of training is very high.
The first official competitions on yoga were held in India. There are championship of India, Indian cup, national competitions held in each state. Age of participants is different, they can be representatives of different schools and directions, but united by one important idea: they believe that yoga is good!
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