Atma Power Yoga is suitable for Beginners, or for those with some previous experience with yoga. Energising yoga designed to bring out the internal warrior of the practitioner, tone muscles, and increase determination and vigour.

The Atma Yoga styles we practise aid physical and mental well-being, and restore harmony in the body. We carry stress and strain in our muscles, in the fibre of our body. Yoga literally irons out the stress and conveys on us a positively alive and dynamic feeling. After yoga we see the world with a fresh clarity and awakened consciousness. The exercises are designed to re-align the energies of the body. In effect, the physical realm is fine-tuned to such an extent that it clears up and cleans out our mental world. To summarise, we feel great!

For those of you who want to find out more detailed information about the origins of Yoga from millennia ago here it is....

Yoga -  History, Origins and Purpose

Yoga is a Sanskrit word which refers to the connection between the individual Self and the Supreme Intelligent Force in the universe.

Everyone knows a little about the different asanas, or postures, performed in yoga.  Originally there were 8,400,000 asanas. A self-controlled yogi alone in the forest for many many years would meditate on Vishnu, the Supreme Being, in the core of his heart. In the neophyte stage he would perform asanas to help align the energy in his body. Eventually the yogi could gain mastery such that as his spirit was departing from his physical body (at death) he would have control over his next  destination. The ultimate aim was to be reunited with the Supreme in a loving relationship.

Yoga - Difficulties on the Path 

However the pitfalls were many. Because the path was so arduous few could succeed. Often a yogi would be side-tracked by allurements of sense enjoyment, or philosophical misconceptions. Or, as one progresses somewhat in the process, a yogi could develop mystic powers. These powers give one an extraordinary command over the ordinary laws of nature, such as instant travel to distant places without aid of a machine. A yogi can become victim of his false ego and begin to revel in his own greatness. In this way he loses humility, a requirement for a true spiritualist. 

Yoga for Today

Over the course of millennia different yoga systems are recommended by great sages according to the people's ability at a given time. Yoga as we think of it today is a process that was practised in the mystical Age of Satya. According to the Srimad Bhagavatam (SB1.1.10) people in the current Age of Kali are not so qualified. Most of us do not have the capability to endure intense inner austerity, controlling and focusing the mind and senses over the course of many years as yogis millennia ago could do.  Therefore the Srimad Bhagavatam - the conclusion of all Vedic literature and philosophy of India - states towards the end of it's 18,000 verses (SB 12.3.52) that the recommended process of self-realisation for this day and age is Kirtan Yoga.

Kirtan is the chanting of powerful mantras accompanied by sweet and melodious music. If we know the philosophy behind the mantras that's good, however mantra science works even independent of knowledge. Still, in our present condition, Atma Yoga and other Schools of Yoga teach techniques that are important aids to bring peace and tranquillity to body and mind.  The practise of asanas like we do in Atma Yoga stabilizes body and mind as a first step on the yoga ladder to ultimate success. Yoga exercises along with Kirtan and meditation, and preferably a vegetarian diet, are all very good quality practises that anyone can take up - and which all improve our experience of life, and make us happy!