Yoga is a way of life, an art of righteous living or an integrated system for the benefit of the
body, mind and inner spirit. This art originated, was perfected and practiced in India thousands
of years ago. The references to yoga are available in 'Upanishads' and 'Puranas' composed by
Indian Aryans in the later Vedic and post- Vedic period. The main credit for systematizing yoga
goes to Patanjali who wrote 'Yoga Sutra', two thousand Years ago. He described the principles of
the full eight fold yogic discipline. He composed the treatise in brief code words known as
'Sutras'. 'Yoga Sutra' is the most important basic text on Yoga.
yoga retreatIt is through this basic treatise that the
essential message of yoga spread throughout the world.