Effect of Different Modes of Yoga Practice on Body Composition on Aged Men

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of aliving organism. In humans, it is the general condition of a person'smind, body, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain(as in good health or healthy). The World Health Organization(WHO) defined health in its broader sense in 1946 as a state ofcomplete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely theabsence of disease or infirmity. Although this definition has beensubjected to controversy, in particular as lacking of operational valueand because of the problem created by the use of the wordcomplete, it remains the most enduring.The word yoga origines from the Sanskrit word Yujmeaning to yoke, join or unite. This implies joining or integrating allaspects of the individual - body with mind and mind with soul - toachieve a happy, balanced and useful life, and spiritually uniting theindividual with the supreme. In India, Yoga is considered one of thesix branches of classical philosophy that is referred throughout theVedas - ancient Indian scriptures and amongst the oldest texts in2existence. The Upanishads are also broadly philosophical treatiseswhich postdate the Vedas and deal with the nature of the soul anduniverse. However, the origins of yoga are believed to be much olderthan that, stemming from the oral traditions of Yogis, whereknowledge of Yoga was handed down from Guru (spiritual teacher)to Sisya (spiritual student) all the way back to the originators ofYoga, the Rishis, who first began investigation into the nature ofreality and man's inner world. Legend has it that knowledge of Yogawas first passed by Lord Shiva to his wife Parvati and from thereinto the lives of men.