Yoga

By forada931
  • 2700 BCE

    History of yoga

    History of yoga
    Yoga dates back to 2700 B.C. of the Indus Saraswati Valley civilization.
  • 2700 BCE

    Purpose

    Modern meditation practices are generally attributed to Buddhism in India. Meditation's long and widespread history suggests that societies and religions around the world came to meditation as an important contributor to their belief systems and well-being
  • 1500 BCE

    First recordings

    First recordings
    The earliest documented records that mentioned meditation involved Vedantism, which is a Hindu tradition in India, around 1500 BCE.

  • Yoga to the U.S

    Swami Vivekananda was the first Person to Bring Yoga to America. “In America is the place, the people, the opportunity for everything new,” wrote Swami Vivekananda before he left India in 1893.

  • Worldwide yoga

    Starting in the early-1960s, several Americans such as Richard Hittleman and Lilias Folan used television to present approachable and practical forms of yoga to a wide audience.

  • Yoga during pandemic

    Yoga during pandemic
    With its benefits for immunity and lung health, yoga has become an exercise of the first choice for many people.