Friday, October 31, 2008

Yoga, my way of self-improvement.


National Fatwa Council to make a ruling on yoga - The Star Online

Personally, i'm totally disagree with it. Yoga is not a religion ! Yoga bukan satu kepercayaan smpai boleh memesongkan akidah seseorang. It's a complete form of exercise. The most important benefit of Yoga is, physical and mental therapy. It's not just keep our body flexible, detoxifies and rilex, it's really improve one's breathing system.

I've been practising it about 2 yrs, and the outcomes is obvious. I had asthma, and after all, i can see the difference in my breathing and improving my asthma time by time. Betul tk tipu ! My friends dulu ramai tertanya, Yoga ni betul2 beneficial ke? Tengok movement mcm sume slow motion je. Aha, walaupun kebanyakan movement in yoga pose agak slow, but when it combine with the correct breathing technique, you will see the obvious result. With regular practise of asanas (body position), pranayama (breathing technique), it will improve your flexibility, massage your inner organ, joints and ligaments, tone your muscles, improve respirations problems and lots more. You can read other the benefits of yoga here. (click !)

Yoga diharamkan hanya kerana ia dikatakan bole memesongkan agama. Sgt tk masuk akal. It's just a complete form of exercise and meditation. Jauh sekali dengan kepercayaan mahupun agama.

I have read this one artical in Yoga Life magazine (June-July 2008), it's written,


"Yoga has also been accused of being a “launching point” to export Hinduism. This is very interesting, considering the large numbers of Yoga practitioners who are not Hindus. For fundamentalist Hindus that believe Yoga and Hinduism cannot be separate, sorry to break the news, but it has already happened. Yoga was interpreted in many ways by a variety of cultures and partial facets of Yoga have grown independently. Some Hatha Yoga styles do not even practice meditation.

Yoga students outside India, pick and choose what they want to learn from Yoga. At this time, physical mastery seems to be most popular. This is why Yoga teachers outside India focus primarily on physical health. Many western students think only of Hatha Yoga, when they hear the word “Yoga.”

This is why Yoga cannot really be controlled, regulated, or patented. How do you control people’s thoughts, actions, physical practice, prayers, meditation, or songs? The whole concept of controlling Yoga is ludicrous.

The real problem with Yoga, for the fundamentalist of any religion, is that it can be practiced by anyone from any religion. Yoga is not exclusive: The laws are universal and interchangeable with every religion. This allows a Yoga practitioner to work independently on his or her spiritual health and work toward enlightenment.

What is wrong with working toward the common good? The idea of working toward enlightenment and self-perfection are considered blasphemy to some. However, can you imagine a world where men and women did not try to improve themselves?

The objectives of Yoga are complete heath, self-improvement, self realization, and tranquility. With these benefits acquired any Yoga practitioner can help others and work for the common good."


Kesimpulannya ?

You see, even the Christians said, it's not a religion. Ya, sy tak samakan Islam dgn Christian. Tapi Islam sendiri tk mengharamkan sesuatu yg bagus dan beneficial utk umatnya. Solat dan Yoga, mmg sgt berlainan dari segi niat. Tapi in term of body position, sy tk dpt nafikan, sebenarnya, mmg lebih kurang sama. You can read the artical about it here. Theyogainstructordiaries. Sy sebagai Muslim ada kewajipan yg mmg sy tunaikan spt solat and so on. Yoga doesn't memesongkan my akidah at all. Practising yoga is just to improve my health and self-awareness. So does with other Yoga practitioners. So what's wrong with the Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan tiba-tiba nak mengharamkan Yoga? Saya harap mereka dpt membuat kajian lebih terperinci sebelum membuat apa-apa fatwa. Aih..



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