yoga

1. Introduction to Yoga and
Meditation
Presented by
E.UDAYAKUMAR-AP/ECE
KIT - Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.

2. Yoga: Way of Life | Art of Living India

3. Yoga
 5000 years old.
 Founded in India.
 The word “Yoga” means “yoke” or “unity” translated from Sanskrit,
the classical language of India.
 Yoga is an ancient discipline designed to bring balance and health to
the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the
individual, when adopted as a way of life, yoga improves physical,
mental, intellectual, and spiritual health.

4. Yoga
 Yoga requires you to make an effort to
unify your body and mind.
 You do this by concentrating your
awareness on your physical body through
breathing and postures.

5. Meditation is part of Yoga
 Meditation is a technique in which the meditation seeks not only to
reach a deep state of relaxation, but to quiet the mind.
 The mind is a chattering monkey that one tries to make quiet with
meditation.

6.  Meditation seeks a state of enlightenment, a freedom from the tyranny
of our worries.

7. Types of Yoga
The approach to Yoga that focuses on postures is called Hatha
(hahthah) Yoga.
 Ananda
 Ashthanga
 Bikram
 Iyengar
 Kundalini
 Sivananda
 Viniyoga

9. Yoga breathing
 Abdominal breathing
 Sends a fax to the brain to relax
 Close your eyes
 Put your hand on your belly
 Imagine …..

10. Yoga postures (Asanas)
 Asanas are the heart of Hatha Yoga
 Stretching that maintains and enhances flexibility
 Many poses are a form of isometric strengthening exercise, which
involve the contraction of muscles without moving the joint.
 Isometric exercise is often used in physical therapy for the
rehabilitation of injured joints.

11. Meditation techniques
 Focused
 Mantra
 Walking

12. Focused Meditation
 Focused Meditation is a technique in which you
direct your awareness onto something.
 a picture or statue of a deity
 a universal principle such as compassion or
forgiveness
 or the syllable OM, the famous Hindu mantra.

13. Mantra meditation
 In Sanskrit, the “man” in mantra means “to think,” and “tra”
suggests instrumentality.
 Mantra literally means an instrument of thought.
 You repeat a word, phrase or sound in order to transcend the
constant distractions of the mind.

14. Transcendental Meditation (TM)
 Movement founded by Maharshi
Mahesh Yogi of India.

15. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
The word isha means "the formless
divine". Isha Yoga's introductory
flagship program is 'Inner
Engineering'. It includes initiation
into meditation and pranayama and
the Shambhavi Mahamudra.

16. Functional Mapping of Meditation
 Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of
integrated physiologic changes termed the “relaxation response” by
Herbert Benson.
 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) was used to
identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during a
simple form of meditation.

17. The Role of Yoga in Stress Management
 Stress is a complex, dynamic process of interaction between a person and
his or her life.
 Stress can affect one’s health, work performance, social life, and the
relationship with family members.
 Job stress can lead to poor health and even injury.
 Yoga significantly decreases heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood
pressure
 Hence we can say that stress is a silent killer, and prolonged exposure to
stress may exert harmful effects on physical, psychological, and
behavioral well-being of an individual.
 According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
80% of workers experience job stress.

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