Yoga ia derived from the Sankrit word "Yuja" , and you would be amazed to know that oldest written evidence of yoga is in Rig Veda , which is 5000 years old . This ancient technique focuses on bringing your mind and body together . Yoga (Yuja) is also mentioned in Hinduism holy book Bhagwat geeta and it has great cultural importance for them. There are many ancient ashrams in Rishikesh | Haridwar | Bihar | Madhya Pradesh and other places of India where people from not only India but from Japan | Europe | America come to learn this beautiful art. The modern relevance of Yoga can be understood from the fact that , MIT | Stanford | IISc | DU have special courses and classes on Yoga . And if you search on YouTube you can find girls and guys more from America and Europe teaching Yoga keeping in mind it's origin . Keeping in mind its popularity and the health benefits , United Nations have declared 21st June as International day of Yoga . But you would be thinking i have created so much hype , what are the benefits of Yoga ? Why Yoga ? Why posing those difficult Asanas ? Ahmm , not only it provides you with good strength and strong muscles and six packs abs , and physique and figure but also it's has to be noted that no mental health can even touch your if you are performing yoga daily . So whether it's depression or Anxiety , stress or sleeplessness . Every disease ( mental or physical ) can be prevented just by performing those "senseless" asanas. This is official statement of Economics Time " Harvard Medical School recommends yoga, meditation to deal with coronavirus anxiety ". Now the most awaited question , which one is better for you ? Gym or Yoga ?
1) For Yoga it is optional to join classes , you just need to have mat and motivation , and you can also download free android apps that can guide you to your journey , and when talking about Gym then you need to join one , you need to follow their charts , you need to buy supplements , dumbbells .