Yoga: moelelo oa thuto.
Yoga e le thuto e simolohile India lilemong tse likete tse fetileng. 'Me lilemo tsena tsohle tse likete, palo e kholo ea batho e' nile ea e etsa khafetsa, empa morao tjena yoga e amohetse palo e kholo ea li-depts lefatšeng ka bophara. Lithuto tsa Yoga li ama likarolo tsohle tsa botho ba motho - 'meleng, kelellong le maikutlong. Qalong, ke batho ba 'maloa feela ba India, ba kang bo-rafilosofi le li-hermits, ba neng ba khomarela ka tieo mokhoa oa bophelo o thehiloeng melao-motheong ea yoga. Batho bana ba ne ba bitsoa yogis kapa gurus, ba ne ba fetisetsa tsebo ea bona ho liithuti tse khethiloeng feela. Gurus le balateli ba bona ba ne ba lula mahaheng le merung e teteaneng, ka linako tse ling li-yogis li ne li fetoha li-hermits 'me li phela bophelo bo ka thōko.
Melao-motheo ea yoga e hlalositsoe ke motho ea bitsoang Patanjali, ea neng a phela lilemo tse ka bang 300 BC - e ne e le motho ea hlomphuoang le ea hlomphuoang ke batho ba mehleng ea hae. Sehlopha sa hae sa yoga se ntse se sebelisoa le kajeno, ke Patanjali ea arotseng thuto ea yoga likarolo tse robeli. Tse peli tsa pele li hlalosa mokhoa oa bophelo oa yoga. Ngaka ea maoto e matla e lokela ho phela bophelo bo khutsitseng, bo leka-lekaneng, ho boloka likamano tsa botsoalle le ba bang, ho boloka bohloeki, le ho qeta matsatsi a eona a thuisa le ho ithuta metheo ea yoga. Yogi e lokela ho qoba ntho leha e le efe e amanang le meharo, mohono le maikutlo a mang a kotsi ho ba bang. Karolo ea boraro le ea bone ea yoga e sebetsana le likarolo tsa eona tsa 'mele, haholo-holo, e na le tlhaloso ea boikoetliso bo etselitsoeng ho khothaletsa kholo ea' mele le phallo ea matla a bohlokoa 'meleng le kelellong ea yogi.
Likarolo tse 'nè tse setseng li nehetsoe ntlafatsong ea moea le kelello. Bakeng sa morero ona, yogi e tlameha ho ithuta ho tloha mathateng a bophelo ka mathata ohle le matšoenyeho a eona, e tsebe ho kenella boemong ba ho thuisa le ho koetlisa bokhoni ba kelello ka ho utloisisa "samadhi" ea bokahohleng. Boemo bona bo kenyelletsa ts'ebetsong ea liphetoho tsa bohlokoa mosebetsing oa kelello, ho u lumella ho utloisisa ka botlalo morero oa bophelo. Lilemong tsa morao tjena, palo e ntseng e eketseha ea batho ba India ba tsoang mekhoeng e sa tšoaneng ea bophelo ba inehela thutong ea yoga le thuto ea eona - lithuto tsa yoga li bile tsa kenngoa likolong tse tloaelehileng.