Día Mundial del Yoga: Las mejores fotografías de esta disciplina india convertida en patrimonio mundial
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El yoga es una disciplina india tradicional, a la vez espiritual y corporal, que se practica en el mundo entero y que está inscripta desde 2016 en el patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad. (Fotos: AFP) 21/06/2018 - 00:001 / 21 -
La palabra yoga viene del sánscrito que significa 'unir', lo que, según el historiador Bernard Sergent, ilustra bien la idea que subyace de la disciplina: 'unir en un mismo atelaje' el intelecto del que practica, al 'alma universal' del mundo. 21/06/2018 - 00:002 / 21 -
La noción de yoga aparece en textos muy antiguos como el Bhagavad-Gîtâ, texto fundamental del hinduismo, escrito entre el V y el II siglo antes de nuestra era. 21/06/2018 - 00:003 / 21 -
El yoga es 'la clave del hinduismo', estimó la especialista de India Tara Michael. se basa en 'la toma de consciencia del carácter insatisfactorio de la condición humana', explica en su libro 'Yoga'. El yoga aparece como una forma de trascender el sufrimiento. 21/06/2018 - 00:004 / 21 -
Pero ese término es 'equívoco' ya que coexisten varios 'yoga', 'clásico', 'popular', 'ascético' o incluso 'erótico', subraya el filósofo y novelista Mircea Eliade en su ensayo 'Técnicas de Yoga'. 21/06/2018 - 00:005 / 21 -
El yoga de hoy, 'de consumo corriente (...) no es otra cosa que una gimnasia de buena salud', resume Tara Michael. Cualquiera 'con flexibilidad física, energía y un poco de labia puede improvisarse en seis meses 'profesor de yoga''. 21/06/2018 - 00:006 / 21 -
El yoga comenzó a hacerse conocer en Occidente a fines del siglo XIX. En ese mismo momento la disciplina se reinventaba en India, movimiento impulsado por el maestro del hinduismo moderno Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). 21/06/2018 - 00:007 / 21 -
Este monje filósofo insistió en el lado racional y científico del yoga para hacer de él una disciplina asequible por Occidente. Su libro 'Raja Yoga' posa las bases de un yoga moderno e internacional. 21/06/2018 - 00:008 / 21 -
En la primera mitad del siglo XX aparecen libros en Occidente que registran y detallan las posturas del yoga. 21/06/2018 - 00:009 / 21 -
Contrariamente a lo que se cree, la importancia dada a las posturas y series 'no es de hace varios milenios' sino es un 'desarrollo reciente', subraya la especialista india Sita Reddy en el libro 'Yoga, el arte de la transformación' 21/06/2018 - 00:0010 / 21 -
People attend a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day in Shiyan in China's central Hubei province on June 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT 21/06/2018 - 00:0011 / 21 -
This handout photograph released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on June 21, 2018 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) taking part in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day in Dehradun in Uttarakhand state.
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors sprouted all over Asia on June 21, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way.
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This handout photograph released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on June 21, 2018 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) taking part in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day in Dehradun in Uttarakhand state.
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors sprouted all over Asia on June 21, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way.
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Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel take part in a yoga session on International Yoga Day at BSF headquarters in Khasa on the outskirts of Amritsar on June 21, 2018.
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world June 21, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. The Sun Temple, a Hindu temple built around 1026 AD, is a protected monument in India's western Gujarat state. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU 21/06/2018 - 00:0014 / 21 -
People attend a yoga session at the sunrise organised by Nava Yoga Nantes association at a rooftop as part of the International Yoga Day, on June 21, 2018 in Nantes, western France. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE 21/06/2018 - 00:0015 / 21 -
A person attends a yoga session at the sunrise organised by Nava Yoga Nantes association at a rooftop as part of the International Yoga Day, on June 21, 2018 in Nantes, western France. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE 21/06/2018 - 00:0016 / 21 -
A person attends a yoga session at the sunrise organised by Nava Yoga Nantes association at a rooftop as part of the International Yoga Day, on June 21, 2018 in Nantes, western France. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE 21/06/2018 - 00:0017 / 21 -
Indian school students take part in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day at the Sun Temple in Modhera, near Mahesana town some 100km from Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, on June 21, 2018.
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world June 21, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. The Sun Temple, a Hindu temple built around 1026 AD, is a protected monument in India's western Gujarat state. / AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKY 21/06/2018 - 00:0018 / 21 -
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Indian yoga practitioners take part in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day in Allahabad on June 21, 2018.
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world June 21, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. The Sun Temple, a Hindu temple built around 1026 AD, is a protected monument in India's western Gujarat state. / AFP PHOTO / SANJAY KANOJIA 21/06/2018 - 00:0021 / 21
