Influence of Suriyanamaskar on Selected Physiological Variables of School Athletes

Yoga is an Indian spiritual path aimed at achieving the union with the Supreme Consciousness. Some yoga's go beyond it and aim at the spiritual transformation of the entire human nature and obtaining immortality even for the physical body. A practitioner of Yoga is called a Yogi (male) or Yogini (female). Outside India, yoga is mostly associated with the practice of asanas (postures) of HathaYoga or as a form of exercise. Many Hindu texts discuss aspects of yoga, including the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad G ta, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita and various Tantras. Classified by the type of practices, the major branches of yoga include: Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga, established by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and known simply as yoga in the context of Hindu philosophy, is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of thought. The Sanskrit term yoga has many meanings. It is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj. "to control", "to yoke", or "to unite". Common meanings include "joining" or "uniting", and related ideas such as "union" and "conjunction". Another conceptual definition is that of "mode, manner, means" or "expedient, means in general?.