Popularity of Yoga
The popularity of Yoga has increased because many thousand of Westerners, men and women of widely varying age, are finding in Yoga a way to greater energy, better health, a more youthful figure, and relaxed living. Daily their numbers are growing. Beginners, intermediate, or advanced student can make a confident start and plan ahead for a lifetime of Yoga practice. For Yoga last for life, unlike most sports and physical-culture systems, which become strenuous or disheartening once the strength, energy, and competitive enthusiasm of youth have passed.
Most people who take up Yoga continue with it. The rewards of Yoga practices embrace both those areas which for conceptual and linguistic convenience we classify as ‘body’ and ‘mind’. The aim of posture or asana is to attain steadiness of body and mind, a feeling of lightness, health, suppleness, and psycho-physical poise. There is a beneficial action upon the nerves, glands, and vital organs, as well as upon the musculature, and in perfecting the body, Yoga has ever in mind the harmony and health of the total organism. The postures evoke feelings of tranquility, psychic strength, and lucidity of consciousness.