| The History of Yoga has a lot to do with the | | | | the world which were the ancient texts, was |
| present times. The earliest Yoga started some | | | | brought by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization. It was |
| 5000 years ago since human civilization has begun. | | | | a compilation of hymns that commends a high |
| The scholars have believed that Yoga was | | | | power which included the oldest recorded |
| originated out of Stone Age Shamanism. | | | | teachings in Yoga. They have considered this the |
| This is because there were some cultural | | | | divine revelation. The intelligence of the Vedas |
| similarities between Mehrgarh which was a | | | | was known as the Pre-classical Yoga or the Vedic. |
| Neolithic settlement and the Modern Hinduism. The | | | | This was described by the ritualistic ceremonies |
| shamanistic culture of Mergarh was in fact | | | | that the Yoga practitioners have been required in |
| influenced by Hindu ideals, symbols and rituals of | | | | order to go beyond the limitations of the mind. |
| the present. The ancient shamanism and early | | | | The history of yoga would not have been |
| Yoga had so much similarity for the reason both | | | | completed in the classical stage of yoga. After the |
| wanted to go beyond the human condition. | | | | time and turn of the millennium, yoga and its |
| Shamanism's primary goal was to heal the | | | | spread in different forms have come up with the |
| members who were in their community and at | | | | need for standardization. This is important so that |
| the same time act as the religious mediators. | | | | the people will be aware with it and it can be |
| Archaic Yoga also had the same objectives as | | | | applied by them. Due to this, during the second |
| they were community oriented and they aimed | | | | century, C.E., Patanjali has composed and collected |
| to determine the enormous order through senses | | | | seminal text which was the Yoga-Sutra which had |
| and inner vision which then can be applied to our | | | | defined the Classical Yoga. |
| daily lives. | | | | At the age of Postclassical Yoga in the enormous |
| As time went on, Yoga has progressed and has | | | | history of Yoga, it gave rise to some productive |
| regarded the inmost experience. Yogis then have | | | | literature which has included the Tantra and the |
| focused on how to improve the individual | | | | Hatha which is famously known nowadays. These |
| enlightenment, recovery and salvation. | | | | were taught in schools for Yoga and practiced by |
| Yoga's evidences were first tracked in the | | | | many. Therefore, post classical Yoga is described |
| archeological evidence which was found in stone | | | | to the adaptation of our present state. It is the |
| seals exhumed from the Indus valley. Yoga | | | | time when yoga has evolved greatly and |
| postures were traced and seen fro the figures | | | | introduced to people. It has then been applied in |
| which were illustrated in the stone seals. the | | | | the United States in the 1800's. |
| artifacts were placed on History books circa 3000 | | | | Now in the recent decades, yoga has greatly and |
| B.C., which was linked to the great Indus-Sarasvati | | | | swiftly evolved. Swami Sivananda was one of the |
| Civilization which was known to be the largest | | | | prominent gurus ever to master yoga. He has |
| civilization that exist in the ancient world. The | | | | served as a doctor and he has generously opened |
| Indus-Sarasvati, being a maritime society, | | | | up schools in Europe and America. |
| exported goods all over Africa and the Middle | | | | Now as we move on with the yoga practices |
| East. They build up sewage systems and put up | | | | that we have today, it is much helpful and easier |
| geometrical brick roads and constructed | | | | to understand if we looked back on the history of |
| multistory buildings. | | | | yoga. |
| The Vedas are known as the oldest scripture in | | | | |