yoga a royal hobby
Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices and disciplines which originated in ancient India, however there is no consensus over its origin. Yoga also has a very nice and long history. There were speculations about yoga between 500 and 200 BC. In the 4th century BC, Alexander the Great reached India. Along with his army he took Greek academics with him. These academics wrote their memoirs about the people and their habits they saw in India. In the mid of the 19th. century Yoga and other Indian philosophies came into the attention of Western Europe Queen Elisabeth of Belgium always had an admiration for oriental culture. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin introduced B.K.S Iyengar to her. He was a yoga specialist. Queen Elisabeth believed that by practising yoga on a regularly base, she could reach a unity and perfection of body and mind. She practiced yoga until a high age and she often made a headstand. It is known that some of the current royals...