History

The Roots of Yoga

The roots of Yoga can be traced back roughly 5,000 years to the Indus Valley civilization, where seals depicting people performing asanas (yoga postures) were used in trade along the river.

The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" meaning to yoke, join or unite. It is the union of all aspects of an individual: body, mind and soul. Hence, Yoga reunites all opposites - mind and body, stillness and movement, masculine and feminine, sun and moon - in order to bring reconciliation between them.

In ancient times

In ancient times the sages asked themselves two vital questions:

How do you eliminate pain?

How do you overcome death?

They then set about developing the answers to these questions which have endured for thousands of years.

For physical pain they developed physical asanas.

To overcome emotional pain, where ‘e-motion’or energy-in-motion has become blocked, they used movement of body, breath and mind.

And to overcome death, they developed the path of meditation, which leads a seeker to samadhi and the timeless bliss of unity with our highest nature.

The Lord of Yoga

Yoga is one of the six branches in Indian philosophy and is referred to throughout the Vedas – the ancient scriptures of India. There is a legend that says that the knowledge of Yoga was first offered by Lord Shiva to his wife Parvati and then passed on to the world.

Originally, yoga was taught as an oral tradition reaching back unknown thousands of years. An unbroken lineage of gurus and disciples worked closely together to preserve and practice the sacred teachings, keeping the practices alive throughout the centuries.

Druyoga encompasses early disciplines and western knowledge, carried forward by ongoing research through its practitioners.