I-Yoga isivele isukele ngokuqinile ebukhulu bezwe lethu. Nokho, lokho thina, eqinisweni, siyazi nge-yoga. Ngokuyinhloko, ulwazi lwethu luphela neqiniso lokuthi i-yoga ibizwa ngokuthi i-asana, kahle, siyazi lezi zivivinyo ezintathu noma ezine. Noma kunjalo, umngcele wendlebe kungenzeka wezwa izinkomba ezifana ne-hatha yoga ne-raja yoga. Bambalwa abantu abazi ukuthi i-asanas ngomqondo wangempela "isikhundla somzimba lapho ukhululekile futhi unomusa."
Yoga imfundiso yonke. I-Yoga inezinkomba eziningi, okuyinhloko yi-raja-yoga, i-karma-yoga, i-jnana-yoga, i-bhakti-yoga ne-hatha yoga. Ake sihlolisise isiqondiso sakwa-raja yoga.
I-Raja-yoga iveza isimo sengqondo somuntu, ukuqaphela kwakhe, ithuthukise amakhono engqondo, ukuqeqesha inkumbulo nokunakekelwa, kusiza umuntu ukuba azi ngokwabo futhi afunde ukuphatha izenzo zabo. Phela, kukholelwa ukuthi umuntu akazi futhi akaziqondi yena, okuhlale ekhonza njengesithiyo endleleni yakhe yokuphila. I-Raja Yoga ekuhunyushweni kusho "i-yoga yasebukhosini", ngoba lesi yisigaba esiphezulu se-yoga, ngemva kokuqonda ukuthi uyini inkosi. Le ngxenye yemfundiso ifanele ukunakwa ngokujulile ku-yoga. Owenza iRaja Yoga uthola.
I-Hatha Yoga no-Raja Yoga bahamba njalo futhi bahambisana. Ukufeza imiphumela ku-yoga, kumele kwenziwe ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi ngosizo lomeluleki owaziwa.
E-Yoga, kunezigaba eziyisishiyagalombili zokuthuthukiswa. Izigaba ezine zokuqala ze-yoga zibhekisela ezimfundisweni ze-hatha yoga, okungukuthi:
- yama (imikhuba yokuziphatha, imithetho ejwayelekile yokuziphatha, imiyalo yokuziphatha);
- i-niyama (ukuziphatha komuntu siqu, ukuzithiba, ukuzinikela emisebenzini engokomoya);
- ngaphambi (uhlelo lokuzivocavoca umzimba lokuhlanganisa ingqondo nomzimba);
- i-pranayama (ukulawula umoya).
Izigaba ezine ezilandelayo zihlobene no-raja yoga:
- protahara (ukukhululwa kwengqondo kusuka ezinhliziyweni, ukuhlukaniswa kwezinzwa ezivela entweni);
- i-dharana (ukugxilisa ingqondo, ukugxila kulokho okusebenzayo);
- dhyana (ukuzindla, ukuzindla);
- samadhi (ukuzindla ngokujulile, isimo sokungazi kahle).
Isinyathelo ngasinye siphumelela ngokuzayo. Akunakwenzeka ukutadisha nokwenza izinyathelo ngokuhlukana komunye nomunye.
Amabhuku ka-Raja Yoga
Amabhuku athandwa kakhulu futhi abalulekile ekuqondeni kwe-raja yoga yilezi:
- "Raja Yoga" Yoga Ramacharak;
- I-Raja Yoga ngu-Swami Vivekananda;
- "Izifundo Eziyishumi Nane ZeRaja Yoga" nguSwami Sivananda;
- "Okubaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele nge-yogis yamaNdiya" i-Yoga Ramacharak;
- I-Golden Book Yoga nguSwami Sivananda.
UJogi Ramacharaka wayengowokuqala ukuchaza izinhlobo ezahlukene ze-yoga. Ngaphansi kwalesi simiso sengqondo sabhala umlobi waseMelika uWilliam Walker Atkinson, owawusakaza amafilosofi aseNdiya entshonalanga eminyakeni engama-19-20.
Ngaphansi kwesigameko Swami Vivekananda wabhala ummeleli omkhulu we-yoga, umcwaningi omkhulu waseNdiya uNarendranath Dutt. Wayengumfundi kaRamakrishna.
Lokhu kusebenza kuzokusiza ufunde kabanzi nge-yoga, umsuka wayo, uqonde okusemqoka futhi ubheke i-yoga njengefilosofi yokuphila.
Raja Yoga art project
Kukhona ngisho nendawo yonke "i-Raja-yoga art-project", lapho yonke into iqoqwa nge-raja yoga nokuzindla. Inhloso yale phrojekthi ukukwazisa izakhamuzi nge-yoga ngokusebenzisa izihloko, izithombe, amaphosta, imifanekiso, izithombe, amavidiyo kanye nokuzindla. Le phrojekthi ibhekwa njengendawo yokudala kubo bonke abafuna ukufaka isandla ekuguqulweni kwezwe. Futhi wonke umuntu angakwazi ukubeka kule ndawo izithombe, izithombe, umculo nakho konke okukubheka njengokudingekile, ngaphakathi kohlaka lwemisebenzi yesayithi. Lona usizo oluhle kakhulu kulabo abafuna ukwazi kabanzi nge-yoga, kodwa abakwazi ukuhamba ngezifundo ezigcwele eBrahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKVDU).