Yogic texts refer to written material that contains teachings and knowledge about yoga. These texts contain instructions, philosophy, and practices related to the ancient tradition of yoga, which aims to connect the mind, body, and spirit for improved well-being and enlightenment.
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Although our body is constantly transforming and renewing itself, our minds have a tendency to stay stuck in repetitive thought patterns, like grooves carved out in the brain, or samskaras, as they're called
in yogic texts.
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traditional yogic texts in the practice and teaching of yoga.
Possible topics draw
from yogic texts as well as the experience of teachers and students, including the healing benefits of yoga to body, mind and spirit; the daily practice; mindfulness; ethical behavior; nutrition and cleansing; positive thinking; mastery of our thoughts; energy work and enlightenment.
A yogic practice can be informed
classical yogic texts, such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, as well as other philosophies that also address the construction of the mind, such as Buddhism.
Of course, these and
other yogic texts are long and notoriously dense, but even reading excerpts and summaries will provide a useful introduction.
Scores of
great yogic texts delineate everything from proper postures to esoteric philosophies.
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yogic text Bhagavad Gita, meditation, and kirtan (chanting).
It appears in every
major yogic text or scripture from the ancient Upanishads to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita.
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Nowhere in the
traditional yogic text will you find any talk about muscles, fitness or physical accomplishments.
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From this perspective, a yogic practice can be informed by not only
classical yogic texts, such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, but by other philosophies, such as Buddhism, that also address the construction of the mind.
If you read
the yogic texts, you will see the emphasis placed on developing kindness and wisdom for the benefit of all, yourself included.
Mayurasana or the Peacock yoga pose is one of the main asanas mentioned in
the yogic text Hatha Yoga Pradeepika.
It is mentioned in
the yogic text Gheranda Samhita.
Basti is one of the Shatkarma or the six purification techniques mentioned in
the yogic texts — Hatha Yoga Pradeepika and the Gheranda Samhita.
It is said in
the yogic text Hatha Yoga Pradeepika and others that practice of pranayama make the body slim and fit.
The yogic texts say that a practitioner of pranayama develops a slim body.
The subject of Prana is widely referred to in
the yogic texts.
Many types of pranayama are explained in
the yogic texts.
Anulom Vilom Pranayama is mentioned in
the yogic texts Hatha Yoga Pradeepika, Gheranda Samhita, Tirumandiram, Siva Samhita, Puranas and in the Upanishads.
Shambhavi mudra is mentioned in
the yogic text Gheranda Samhita.
Yogic texts that I read spoke about a pure sattvic diet that was mandatory for a true yogi.
I don't remember any mention of quadratus lumborum in any traditional
yogic text.