yoga timeline

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  • 3000 BCE

    First documented pose 3000 BCE - 1800 BCE

    During this timespan, the first poses were recorded on stone tablets
  • 1200 BCE

    Earliest scriptures are written 1200 BCE

    The ancient texts of the Vedas are the one of the oldest scriptures in the world. They tell of Vedic culture and Vedic yoga as a ritualistic way of life.
  • 500 BCE

    Bhagavad- Gita is composed 500 BC

    One of the most important yoga scriptures, the Bhagavad- Gita outlines the ancient principals of yoga, including six of the now eight sutras. The central teaching: do one's duty and expect nothing in return.
  • 1100

    Birth of Hatha Yoga 1100

    birth of Hatha yoga is the birth of root chakras we relate to today.

  • The Bhagvad- Gita is translated into English 1785

    Charles Wilkins, a known English typographer and Orientalist, translates the Bhagvad-Gita into English for the first time, allowing yogic ideals and Indian culture to spread to Europe and America. The Bhagvad-Gita came to influence the transcendentalist movement in the 1800s.

  • Yoga comes to the USA 1893

    Swami Vivekenanda visits Parliament of Religions in Chicago, bringing with him yogic ideals. Soon yoga will spread in the United States.