Eden translates to a state of perfect happiness or bliss, which balances beautifully with the overall goals of yoga:
- to nurture ‘a steady and tranquil mind’ enabling us to find comfort, joy and love out of our ordinary lives.
- to facilitate a strong flexible body and a clear and active mind, sharing loving and supportive relationships.
- to establish a deeper meaning in life, a connection with a power greater than ourselves.
- to liberate the human spirit.
- to lift the individual out of his or her ordinary perception to a state of bliss.
- to increase flexibility, fitness and strength.
- to release tension so internal blockages formed by negative emotions and thoughts can be shaken up, cleansed and washed away.
- to enable our living energy, prana, to be free-flowing and move unhindered through the body. A true state of health.