Yoga is a Spiritual Science.

Shanti Yoga Center for Harmony offers spiritual seekers the opportunity to follow a well-balanced path that integrates body, mind and spirit.

 The word “Yoga” means to “yoke” or “unite.” It is a spiritual science derived from the Vedas of India, humankind’s most ancient sacred texts.

People turn to Yoga for many reasons: to improve their physical, emotional, and mental health; to connect with their spiritual essence; and to discover a philosophy of life that provides answers they have not found in religion.

 There are many types of yoga. All of them serve to balance and harmonize the body, mind, and spirit and to unite the finite, lower self with the infinite, higher Self. Hatha Yoga is the first 4 limbs of Raja yoga.

Through the practice of virtues and disciplines (yama and niyama), posture (asana) and control of vital force (pranayama), hatha yoga prepares the body for the deeper practices of sense inversion (pratyahara), concentration (dharana) and meditation (dhyana)  ultimately leading to samadhi, self or God realization.