About Yoga and meditation

The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root "Yuja, and the deeper meaning" YUJIR "to" unite "or" integrate ". The union refers to the unity of individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness or divine. The Contemporary Context: the integration of physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of human personality and the integration of an individual with his environment and society. In the true spirit of Yoga is the inhibition of functions of the mind by "abhyasis (Practice-discipline) and vairagya (detachment). Ayurveda is four dimensional entity consisting Sarira (body), Indriya (sense), Satva (spirit ) and Atma (soul) and yoga refers to the Union or the integration of these four aspects.
Yoga has developed into postures that are really kind of description. With perseverance, patience and careful study, many people today have reached and even exceeded it. For the uninitiated, the image of yoga usually consists of contorting yourself into a human pretzel and sit on the pointed end of a remote mountain.
However this must be regarded as an end to yoga. Like all martial arts have evolved from yoga, anything can be taken to the point of distraction when the path to enlightenment. These complex and sometimes dangerous yoga postures should be considered after years of experience and has never considered a final goal.
The oldest document of yoga is about 200 BC, but there are many references that show the path of the Vedic period when, say, the path of yoga has been launched. In any case, yoga has been around in one form or another for a very long time.