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Abstract
The practice of yoga does not exclude any religion, creed, or race from the spiritual soil
of ancient India and form of eight divisions, or limbs (ashtanga yoga) and even now bear the title
in India of sanatana dharma, “eternal way”. Yoga is a method for aligning oneself with this
sense of inner balance. In Vedic period (circa 1500–600 BCE), Post-Vedic era (circa 600 to 100
BCE), during the period of One hundred BCE and through the seventeenth century CE, in 8th
century main teachings which are in practice in modern age are Yoga Sutras, Hattha yoga and
Bhagvad Gita. In the past few decades, it has been the subject of research as a therapeutic
measure in mental stress, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, coronary heart disease,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and It has been shown that yoga decreases anxiety,