Parimalonline is a psycho-somatic discipline with roots going back over 5,000 years. Today, most Yoga practices in the West focuses on the physical postures called Asanas, breathing exercises called Pranayama, and Meditation. However, there's more to it than that, and the deeper you go the richer and more diverse the tradition becomes. The word Yoga means union. Traditionally, the goal of Yoga is union with the Absolute, known as Brahman, or with Atman, the true self.

It is predominantly concerned with maintaining a state of equanimity at all costs. All yoga schools of thought emphasize the importance of the mind remaining calm, because as the saying goes, only when the water is still can you see through it. Yoga Darshan or Yoga Philosophy also happens to be a valid discipline of Indian metaphysics. It is the result of human wisdom and insight on physiology, psychology, ethics and spirituality collected together and practiced over thousands of years for the well being of humanity.

The basic idea of yoga is to unite the atma or individual soul with the paramatma or the Universal Soul. According to Yoga philosophy, by cleansing one's mind and controlling one's thought processes one can return to that primeval state, when the individual self was nothing but a part of the Divine Self. This is the sense encapsulated in the term samadhi.