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Yoga
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The word "Yoga" derives from the Sanskrit root √yuj, meaning "to bind together, to hold fast, to place, or to put together." Yoga has been used in a variety of ways over centuries to describe different philosophical ideas or practices. Today, Yoga is recognized as a thorough system of self-development which positively affects all aspects of life.
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Shāstra
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The word "Shāstra" derives from the Sanskrit root √śās, which means "scientific knowledge, book, treatise, teachings, instruction, direction, advice, any instrument of teaching, or compendium of rules."
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Vision
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Use Yoga to enhance people's lives, on the physical, psychological and spiritual levels.
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Mission |
Provide high quality education and service in Yoga and make it universally accessible and useful.
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“ Yoga is the art and science of disciplining the body-mind.
Yoga is an art, because we need to approach the practice of Yoga as a good painter will approach a painting, with inspiration, clarity, deeps of feeling and determination.
Yoga is a science, because its overall effects are predictable, at least as we follow the rules.
Precisely how and when these effects will manifest in each case is not that predictable because every person is a little different.”
Georg Feuerstein Ph.D
