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Yoga Poses Are Not Old #yogateachertraining #onlineyogateacher

13 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, the speaker challenges the common belief that yoga postures are ancient. He explains that classical philosophical texts such as the Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras contain no asana descriptions. He then outlines a concise historical timeline: the 14th‑century Hatha Yoga Pradipika lists only 15 postures; B.K.S. Iyengar’s 1962 book Light on Yoga expands this to about 200; the 1984 Dharma Mitra poster popularized 908 poses; and finally Daniel Lacerda’s 2015 publication 2100 Yoga Postures brought the extensive repertoire we see today. The video concludes with a call to follow for more yoga history content.

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You think that yoga is centuries of years old. That's not— that as a philosophy goes back to the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita, and to the Yoga Sutras. Not one of these books talks about yoga postures. In 1350, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika gives us 15 yoga postures, which brings us to 1962 when B.K.S. Iyengar writes Light on Yoga. It has 200 yoga poses in it. Then in 1984, the Dharma Mitra makes the 908 Yoga Poses poster that you've probably seen in a lot of yoga studios. It's actually not until 2015 when Daniel Lacerda comes out with his book 2100 Yoga Postures, and that's the reason why we have all the poses that we have today. Light up the follow button for more yoga history.