HealthCare

Yoga may be 5,000 years old, but the modern Yoga boom didn’t start until
the 1960s, largely thanks to Richard Hittleman's extraordinarily successful
TV series Yoga for Health.

Yoga is an efficient system of health care that has proven its usefulness in both restoring and maintaining health. Yoga continues to gain acceptance within the medical establishment; more and more physicians are recommending Yoga to their patients not only for stress reduction but also as a safe and sane method of exercise and physical therapy notably, for the back and knees. Yoga is more than even a system of preventative or restorative health care. Yoga looks at health from a broad, holistic perspective that’s only now being rediscovered by modern medical science. This perspective appreciates the enormous influence of the mind — your psychological attitudes — on physical health.

The word Yoga comes from the ancient Sanskrit language. Yoga means “union” or “integration” and also “discipline,” so the system of Yoga is called a unitive or integrating discipline. Yoga seeks unity at various levels. First, it seeks to unite body and mind. Yoga is a powerful means of psychological integration. It makes you aware that you’re part of a larger whole, not merely an island unto yourself. Humans can’t thrive in isolation. Even the most independent individual is greatly indebted to others. After your mind and body are happily reunited, this union with others comes about naturally. The moral principles of Yoga are all-embracing, encouraging you to seek kinship with everyone and everything.

Yoga has brought health and peace of mind to millions of people, and it can
do the same for you. The yogic postures are an excellent starting point, but they’re merely the outermost shell of a multilayered tradition. At its core, Yoga is a timeless answer for those who quest for a deeper meaning in life and for that elusive treasure called abiding peacefulness.

Richard Hittleman Yoga Video