Overview

Yoga, as it is practiced today, has extended to Muslim & Arab nations in the guise of health, fitness, and wellbeing. Surprisingly, yoga training centers, including run-of-the-mill classes and high-tech studios, have mushroomed across Muslim countries in the past few years. It concerns me greatly as I believe that yoga is a vehicle for the propagation of Hinduism.

Topics covered

Introduction

Brief History of Religions
-Vedism
-Hinduism
-Buddhism
-Jainism
-Sikhism
-Sufism
-Taoism
-*Chakra
-*Enlightenment
-*Karma
-*Moksha

History of Yoga
-Yoga in Vedism
-Yoga in Hinduism
-Yoga in Buddhism
-Yoga in Jainism
-Branches of Yoga
-Kundalini Yoga
-Yin Yoga
-Who was Patanjali?

What is an Asana?
-Forms of Worship in Asanas
-Surya Namaskar
-Chandra Namaskar
-Pranayama

What is a Mudra?
Namaste
Meditation
Who is a Yogi?
-Can a Muslim be a Yogi?

Religious Affiliation
-Modes of Yoga
-Hindu God Shiva
-Hindu God Krishna
-Hindu God Vishnu

The Spread of Yoga
-Western World
-Muslim World

Alternatives to Yoga
-Pilates
-Calisthenics

Islamic Perspective
-Ruling Concerning Yoga
-Imitating the Disbelievers
-Shirk and Its Types

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