The Science of Yoga (Part 1 - Meditation)

Cutting edge scientists and ancient mystic dudes may have more to agree on than you think. This video explores some parallels within the ancient practice of meditation.

If you want to research more on the scientific effects, check out the work of Sara Lazar.

Music: Call to adventure by Kevin Macleod

Licensed under the creative commons attribution 3.0

[Freeman-ukxn]

Indian sages touched all aspect of lives
From Kamasutra to Zero

[MrMoka]

May the Ancient gurus and Rishi's bless you with more knowledge to continue your wonderful work.

[bestetass]

After 5 years of practicing yoga, I started to believe that we have the power over everything. You practice empathy and boom your brain grows in that region. You control your ruminating mind and suddenly that part slows down. I feel that we are literally pure consciousness realizing itself. Humans are in a lower conscious state and realizing this makes you more in control. Observing gives you this mind power. Strange but logical.

[shubham_kr_]

I am proud to be a follower of Hinduism who discovered yoga.😊😊😊

[SSSS-eypm]

I like how he is actually giving credit to ancient mystics/rishis unlike most westerners (and even some brownies) who bastardize and cut and paste yogic philosophies and try selling them as their own! I like it - 2 likes for you one from each of my accounts

[Agnet_Faze]

This makes me proud of belonging to the Sanatana Dharma...🙏🙏🙏 our Mystic Gurus were actually ancient scientists who discovered a lot of truth about life and the universe itself....They already knew we had 9 planets, and they said the cosmic vibration sounded something like AUM and if you take a look at the recordings of NASA, the sun is more likely to sound like that...At that time when there was no technology, they already knew so much stuffs....They even knew that the Earth consisted of 8.4 million species at that time and today scientists says due to evolution over the years, the planet now consists of 8.7 million species...

Gurus told people that everyday they need to wake up early in the morning and pour water in the direction of the sun as the sun rises up early in the morning...And later scientists say that the rishis asked people to do that because early in the morning the sun has its ultraviolet rays that hits the water and it reflects in the eyes of the people cleaning them....And for so long, we think that we are worshipping the sun when it fact it was just a myth they made for people to just go there and practise it only to get their eyes cleaned...

They also discovered Pranayam....A form of yoga that makes you lead a healthy life... Studies have shown that if you practise Pranayam everyday, you may end up living over 100 years.... But you have to make it an everyday routine....While today many people are planning to practise veganism and being vegetarian...In ancient times, Rishis already knew that we aren't supposed eat meat because animals are carrier of parasites that aren't good dor our health...Which is why today catch many viruses and bacterias....And also eating veggies is more healthier than eating animals especially if you want to avoid having digestive issues, intestinal infections and also maintain a good weight...And it will also help you to avoid being violent by killing and slaughtering animals who did nothing wrong to you...For them it was a practical way of how to be more human as well...

And they said people are supposed to wake up early in the morning and inhale and exhale fresh air.... It's good for the sinuses....And people who sleep late and wake up late, will never have a good feeling when they wake up... Instead they will feel more lazy which is why a person is supposed to wake up before the sun even does and then practise yoga so that this person doesn't feel lazy and also maintain a good life by being a able to focus and have a controlled mind and emotions....

Massages and herbal medicines too were part of our culture but other countries started modernising them but both of their sources came from us...From the ancient Indian Civilization....While in other places on planet, people were still cavemen and living in the wild, in India people were already living a decent life...

They already had cosmology, geometry, mathematics, Science, art and music etc... Brahmagupta was a mathematician and cosmologist too...He was also the founder of the number zero 0...And most of our stuffs are based on planets...Which means they already knew all of these a long time ago...

[kartik]

I can't express how beautiful your videos are. They are so minimalistic and concise. Love them.

[knowingtheunknown]

Please make more of Sadhguru. It is so fantastic.

[Ravi-nqqy]

Good start.
Yoga is vast as an ocean.
Not even scratched the surface of more than 10000 years of civilization.

I would say majority of the Bhartiya also has lost so much of the true knowledge as constant invasions of last 800 years.

It is universal and it applies to all human being. Whoever practice, it is his/her.

Bharat has never believed in patent and conserving knowledge to oneself.

[incredibleindian]

🙏🙏🙏 Happy international Yoga day. Greetings from India

[carolinejeffery]

I'm sure they'll appreciate being called mystics. they weren't making stuff up it was the science of their time!

[pathuap]

Yeah India is great ...india contribute so much to the world

[RahulSingh-oicl]

The whole world owes to I can't delineate how proud i feel being an Indian

[successmaharjan]

I am looking for the reason behind the meditation and this clearly explain to me. Thanks a lot and keep making these kinds of videos.

[shyraylipo]

This series are so amazing! It is fun to see and very clear, and it is nice that you bring Yoga in a fun a deep way...Now is starting to be recognized in a deeper way, so thank you very much to bring it in cartoons so pleople can get more curious and investigate a little deeper than asanas...Congratulations!

[Abovedamatrix]

This video motivated me to start meditation.

[shriabirami]

This is very insightful. Like I am starting to practice meditation in the form of yoga, dance and dhyan and it kind of gives me the missing pieces of the puzzle. Keep your brain positively engaged with focus. Unnecessary thoughts dwindle down gradually, eventually. It is a process though. Thanks for elucidating that with a cute little animation.

[smilodon]

so true...truly proves that India was greatest..India is greatest...and India will always be the greatest🙆

[OMIMreacts]

What an amazing video! Extremely well presented, nicely explained, great explanations, wow!

[tomorrowisthehope]

Best video I have ever seen on this subject