What is yoga?

Yoga is one of the most perfect systems of health and self-balance. Yoga is a science of body, mind and soul. The awareness of your real essence can be encouraged by the practise of yoga. Yoga is a system of self-knowledge, self-improvement and is open to global interpretation.

Yoga comes from India, and was spread without written sources for thousands of years. It was improved by sages living in close contact with nature, and who found the real essence of existence, and used it to be released from the ongoing alternation between joy and pain. They were seeking a means of helping every living person without any external or material instruments.

Yoga is not a religion or a sect. When practising yoga, it doesn't matter which religion you belong to, nor if you don't belong to any faith, because the ethical constituents of religions, like love, forgiveness, helpfulness and a positive attitude against violence are integral parts. Yoga is a general spiritual way to live, in which the foundation for progress is your own experience, rather than the rules or commands of others.