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84 Asanas - Ghosh lineage

Ghosh Lineage
Date: September 3, 2012 Author: Tony San he! "ategory: #rigins Tags: 84 asanas, ghosh $ighty- %our Asanas Tea h &oga

Ghosh Lineage
Physical culture hatha yoga may have originated from a series of asanas by Yogi Matsyendranath, founder of the Nath cult, around the 10th century AD A single source for !" asanas has yet to be found #he number !" re$resents com$leteness and considered, by some, to be mystical %t is, therefore, entirely $ossible that !" asanas &as sim$ly the universal standard for codifying a credible yoga system

Yogi Matsyendranath is ac'no&ledged as the first human hatha yoga instructor (is chief disci$le, )ora'h Nath, &as guru to Yogi *&atmarama, author of the (atha yoga Prida$i'a The main objective of Hatha yoga is to create an absolute balance of the interacting activities and processes of the physical body, mind and energy. When this balance is created, the impulses generated give a call of awakening to the central force, which is responsible for the evolution of human consciousness. If yoga is not used for this purpose, its true objective is lost.
!wami "uktibodhananda !araswati, #ommentary, $%&' translation, Hatha (oga )radipika

+nli'e ,uddhist and -ain scri$tures, and Pantan.ali/s Yoga *utras, the (atha Yoga Pradi$i'a does not im$ose yamas and niyamas 0self1control, rules of conduct and observances2 Yogi *&atmarama considered them to be more religious than s$iritual (e believed that trying to follo& yamas and niyamas created more mental stress than $eace of mind %nstead, the (atha Yoga Pradi$i'a advocates disci$line and $urification of the body through hatha yoga, &hich develo$s self1disci$line, self1control and, ultimately, induces natural s$iritual develo$ment

&oganan'a, (ishnu

I myself learned this sytem of (oga *+ercises at the ,anchi !chool for boys in India, founded by my -uru .!piritual )erceptor/ and brother, )aramhansa (ogananda . . .
0ishnu -hosh

Sri Yukteswar

Babaji

Lahiri Mahasaya

Yogananda/s teacher, *ri Yu'tes&ar, author of The Holy !cience, &as a disci$le of 3ahiri Mahasaya, his $arents/ guru, the first non1 sadhu initiated by ,aba.i Nagara., a 4sadhu5 &ho rediscovered and clarified the techni6ue after it had been lost in the Dar' Ages %t &as a revival of the same science 7rishna $assed to Ar.una millenniums ago and, later, 'no&n to Patan.ali &ho &rote, 1riya (oga consists of body discipline, mental control and meditating on 2um. ,ishnu 8haran )hosh, born 9" -une 1:0;, the youngest of eight,

&as raised by his father, four sisters and three brothers after his mother died .ust 10 months after his birth (e &as a frail child but his health im$roved dramatically &hen, in 1:1<, at the age of 1", he &as one of the first seven students enrolled at the =anchi *chool for ,oys founded by his elder brother, Paramahansa Yogananda (e learned the Yogoda system, including the !" asanas codified by Yogananda, &hich 4combines the basic la&s utili>ed by the ancient Yogis &ith the discoveries of modern $hysiological science 5 %n good health, but not terribly muscular, ,ishnu entered 8alcutta +niversity in 1:99, at the age of 1:, &eighing .ust ?! $ounds (o&ever, after three months of training &ith the $hysical education director at the college, Professor #ha'urta, he &eighed 100 $ounds and his chest gre& by nine inches Although he learned muscle control as a young boy from Yogananda, his muscles &ere not develo$ed enough to control at the time After develo$ing his body he &as ins$ired to $ractice again after seeing a demonstration in 8alcutta by ,urmese $hysical culturist Mr 8hit #un After three months he &as able to control his muscles to such an e@tent that Professor #ha'urta and some of his friends insisted he give a $ublic demonstration (e &as a&arded a medal that gave him the im$etus to 4rise above the common level and become a source of ins$iration 5 #he !" asanas from the Yogoda system &as the foundation of )hosh/s 8ollege of Physical Aducation yoga $rogram founded in 1:9;, &hile he &as attending la& school (e created a uni6ue and dynamic system of Yogic Physical 8ulture, synthesi>ing yogic %ndian $ractices &ith Bestern for the health and fitness of body and mind Muscle develo$ment, breath control, then muscle control com$leted his yogic $hysical culture $rogram (e demonstrated the $o&ers of yoga &ith ama>ing feats of strength to attract students and $ractitioners +$on com$leting his studies at 8alcutta +niversity he attended ,engal Angineering 8ollege &here he entertained his fello&

students &ith muscle control and other feats of strength learned from Professor #ha'urta that included a t&o1ton roller across his chest, lying under a loaded bulloc' cart, running a car across his chest, allo&ing a man to .um$ on his abdomen from 19 feet above, ta'ing severe blo&s to his abdomen and t&isting an iron bar into a coil %n 1:9?, he and his college friend, *en )u$ta, &ho also trained &ith Professor #ha'urta, established )hosh/s )ymnasium for muscle develo$ment and control %n 1:;0, they $ublished ,arbell A@ercises C Muscle 8ontrol, and trained trou$es of students to $erform, touring around %ndia and the &orld, mar'eting yoga, live (is Dstar student/, ,uddha ,ose, demonstrated during his lectures in %ndia, -a$an and the +nited *tates ,ishnu had a la& degree and $racticed for a short &hile before devoting all of his time to yogic $hysical culture Although his teachings &ere secular and solely for health and fitness, ,ishnu and ,uddha ,ose &ere initiated into 7riya Yoga together by Yogananda ,uddha established the Yoga 8ure %nstitute in 8alcutta, the first of its 'ind ,ishnu added a community clinic to )hosh/s 8ollege Bealthy %ndian $hilanthro$ist, *ri -ugal 7ashore ,irla, &as so im$ressed &ith ,ishnu/s &or' he $urchased land and built a large gymnasium for him in ,allygani A tourist from -a$an &as so ins$ired by his $erformance that he founded a center in -a$an &here his daughter still teaches ,ishnu and his students, &ho &ere 'no&n throughout %ndia, traveled to the +nited *tates and Auro$e to demonstrate the $o&er of yoga (is students a$$eared regularly on #hat/s %ncredible, a +* television $rogram, and he lectured at 8olumbia +niversity &ith his star student, ,uddha ,ose, &ho demonstrated the $ostures (e &as invited to serve as a .udge in the Mr +niverse com$etition in 3ondon

According to tradition, his marriage &as arranged to Ashalata =oy, daughter of *ri =osi' =oy #hey had a son, ,ish&anath, and t&o daughters, Abha and 7aruna, &ho runs his center in -a$an ,ish&anath, one of his best students, too' his o&n trou$es on tour to -a$an and &on a gold cu$ in com$etition After his $assing a fe& years ago ,ishnu/s granddaughter currently runs the center in 8alcutta ,ishnu $assed a&ay une@$ectedly on : -uly 1:<0, but his legacy lives on

Sananda Lal Ghosh

0ishnu worked devotedly to teach physical culture to the common man of India. His dedication fired the enthusiasm of India3s youth4 he attracted a large following and left a heritage that still lives today.

!ananda 5al -hosh, author 6 "ejda4 The 7amily 8 *arly 5ife of )aramahansa (ogananda

Physical culture strengthens and develo$s e@ternal body muscles that su$$ort the internal toning and thera$eutic benefits of yoga asanas, &hich includes digestion, evacuation, circulation, res$iration and secretion Physical culture &as established in %ndia by the 1100Es &ith diet, lifestyle and training using 4nal5 F rough stones &ith a hole in the center that served as a handle +nfortunately, during ,ritish rule the $ractice of $hysical culture declined along &ith the general health of the $eo$le )hosh considered his la& school $hysical education $rofessor, Mr = N )uha #ha'urta, to be his $hysical culture guru, ho&ever it &as a demonstration by ,urmese body builder Mr 8hit #un, that ins$ired him to combine his $hysical culture training &ith the !" asanas and muscle control from his brother/s Yogoda system After three months of intensive $ractice, his friends and Professor #ha'urta convinced him to give a $ublic demonstration &here he &as a&arded a medal by 3alu ,abu, a Gemindar of Dacca #he main $ur$ose of yogic $hysical culture is to tone and strengthen the invisible activities of the body, including the mind &hich regulates the &ell1being of the &hole body through the intricate nervous system #his is achieved &ith a minimum e@$enditure of time and energy because asana $ractice conserves energy, calms the mind and im$roves the $hysical &ell1being of the body &hile increasing $o&ers of endurance and resistance against disease H #o get started, if you haven/t already, you &ill need to com$lete an anatomyI$hysiology class from an accredited school or instructor and sho& $roof of a $assing grade #here are many online classes to choose from

What is desirable in body culture is the harmonious development of power over the voluntary action of muscles and the involuntary processes of health, lungs, stomach and other organs and important glands. This is what gives health, and is the scientific principle underlying the (oga e+ercises.
0ishnu -hosh