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| What is Yoga? | Yoga was born in India very long time ago. Nowadays Yoga is so popular that its schools are opening in every corner of the world. Yoga could be divided into four paths: Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Raja Yoga. Yoga in its motherland is associated with posture.
 Is it religion or physical education, philosophy or the way of life? Find out whether it necessary to be engaged in practical yoga in the epoch of the computing engineering, robots and space flights? Look what yoga can give you in the everyday life? Let make an attempt to understand all this.
Nowadays there are so many various opinions concerning what’s yoga and who are yogis. Yogi is a gymnast, acrobat: he is capable to take various, the most unbelievable poses, to stand on his head, to fold in half and string all of the body in a knot; he drinks sulphuric acid with a great pleasure, can detain his breathing and pulse for a long time. Yogi is an extrasensory individual, who can treat all the diseases, he hides from people in the jungles, in caves and eats nothing. These are the most common thoughts about yoga. These opinions are faithful partially.
Yogi is a not a gymnast, although he constantly works with his body, take care about his tidiness and supports himself in cheerful healthy state. Yogi isn’t extrasensory in the ordinary understanding; although he can present magical capabilities. Today yogi lives among people.
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