What is yoga? What are the similarities and differences between it and meditation and qigong?

In recent years, there are many places to teach yoga in major cities all over the country, and many people flock to it (especially white-collar women). But not many people really know and understand yoga, that is, from a temporary point of view, I estimate that few people can persist in practicing for a long time.

Yoga, the transliteration of Sanskrit yoga, refers to controlling your body and mind so that you can correspond to something. Yoga is the general name of self-regulation to exercise body and mind in ancient Indian religion, and meditation is also called yoga in ancient Indian Buddhism. Meditation refers to meditation, which is a special practice of Buddhism. It means thinking in a quiet state. Zen kung fu, also called Zen, has its special meaning. Meditation refers to putting aside all unnecessary distractions and distractions in normal life and concentrating on the continuous practice of Zen. Qigong has a lot in common with yoga and meditation. Both of them are methods of self-physical and mental exercise, which can get rid of illness and strengthen the body, cultivate self-cultivation and cultivate temperament, and take this as a way for people to know their own life movements. But qigong and yoga,

Meditation and so on are still qualitatively different. The purpose of qigong research is always based on the real life at all stages, with the aim of making human beings get practical benefits. The purpose of practicing yoga meditation for Buddhists is to get rid of troubles and "live and die". As for disease prevention and fitness, they are all by-products obtained in the learning process. In addition, their "viewpoints" are also different. In qigong, most ideas are beneficial to health, while in yoga and meditation, there are certain religious contents, such as chanting Buddha and mantra.

To sum up, it is not difficult to understand that yoga practice is a unique way of physical and mental exercise in ancient Indian Buddhism. It involves many aspects of knowledge, and ordinary people will have certain limitations if they want to learn and master it. Now those so-called yoga in society, strictly speaking, can only be regarded as a kind of physical exercise, just to exercise your muscles. What's more, some advertisements are full of exaggeration, saying that as long as you practice yoga now, you will have the effect of beauty, slimming and breast enhancement. That's pure nonsense. The result can only be "seeking fish from the edge of the wood", and I don't know what yoga is.

Due to the fierce competition between society and the workplace, contemporary young people. Physical and mental stress, it is feasible to practice formal and simple yoga introductory kung fu and exercise your legs and feet properly. Don't listen to those artificially exaggerated effects, so as not to cause economic losses and physical and mental harm. It's too late to regret it!