Yoga Lessons Online

Yoga, that age-old science and art of life, was handed down to us from generation to generation by word of mouth. Somewhere down the line, the ancients learned to script the sutras on leaves (tad-patra).Come along papyrus and the teachings were consigned to paper. Even so, for generations, Yoga lessons were consigned to memory.

The first gurus set up ashramas where they started imparting Yoga lessons to their pupils under trees. Unfortunately, the West has not yet seen the advent of Gurukuls (Guru’s family). Soon Yoga was popularized in the West and Yoga instructors started demonstrating and teaching themselves. That was the first, personalized teaching. Slowly people started trickling to them, first in dribbles, then, as their popularity spread, in dozens, then in hundreds and, finally, by the thousands In fact the West has literally thousands of Yoga ashrams, centers and studios.

Over time, the teachings of the Yoga teachers started to be compiled into books, which started to sell. This was when people took to learning Yoga from books. Later, as technology advanced, devotees started recording the voices of their Gurus and teachers. These teachings were collected in audio cassettes and sold for people to listen to and learn. Enter the digital era and people started learning Yoga from videos, CDs and DVDs.

Enter the e-age and online learning – today you get even Yoga lessons online. There are literally millions of sites in cyberspace, some thousand of which may be devoted to Yoga. Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, you name the type, sort and style of Yoga, there is a site out there dedicated to Yoga lessons online. Not that there is any harm in learning online either. Just surf the Net wisely, browse as many sites as you can before deciding upon one then feel free to learn