Def­i­n­i­tion of Inte­gral Yoga

Inte­gral yoga is also call purna yoga or supra­men­tal yoga. It is said to be a com­plete yoga or the full spec­trum of the teach­ings of yoga. This is due to the fact that inte­gral yoga is a sort of impro­vi­sa­tion of the tra­di­tional forms of yoga and it cov­ers all aspects of it.

The con­cept of inte­gral yoga is focused more on the life of the indi­vid­ual at present com­pared to the tra­di­tional yoga where it is focused more on the future life or the life after this one. This form of yoga focuses on the day to day liv­ing of the indi­vid­ual and the role of Karma.

Beliefs of Those Who Fol­low Inte­gral Yoga

Inte­gral yoga believes in the self inte­gra­tion of life. Self­less action, peace, wis­dom and love are aspects of this com­plete self inte­gra­tion. All these are sup­posed to be the main focuses of some form of yoga but inte­gral yoga has inte­grated each within this form of yoga.

This is because the teacher of inte­gral yoga believed that the present life that we have is also impor­tant and that we should make it count by focus­ing on aspects that make this life wor­thy. All aspects of self­less action, love, peace and wis­dom are sup­posed to be inter­twined with each other and this is the belief of inte­gral yoga.

Three Fac­tors to Com­plete Self Integration

The three fac­tors that the believ­ers of inte­gral yoga feel can allow for com­plete self inte­gra­tion are cos­mic inte­gra­tion, exis­ten­tial inte­gra­tion and psy­chic inte­gra­tion. The inte­gra­tion of all three fac­tors in every­day life is believed to com­plete a person’s worth and self aware­ness. This allows for bet­ter under­stand­ing of one­self and one’s sur­round­ings and the cosmos.

Inte­gral yoga is said to bring har­mony to one’s sense of being and three aspects of yoga, namely, karma, bahkti and jnana. Actu­ally, inte­gral yoga brings to fore many dif­fer­ent har­mo­niza­tions of beliefs that are in yoga. There is actu­ally no def­i­nite method to reach the higher sense stated in the teach­ings of those who believe in inte­gral yoga. This is due mainly to many dif­fer­ences in teach­ings and opin­ions of the yogis.

The main focus of inte­gral yoga is the com­mu­nion of one’s self with the cos­mos to bring about a higher state of divine being in one­self focus on the present life. This form of yoga gives impor­tance to the present form of the per­son although it also refers to the next life but in less impor­tant aspects.

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