The ultimate aim of all yogic asanas is to prepare the body to achieve that tranquility of mind which is necessary for the realization of the Supreme or God-consciousness.
The practice of asanas conserves energy, whether voluntary http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKE7WVJfvaHW5q283SxchA or involuntary.
This is utilized, by other Yogic practices, to steady the mind for realizing a
definite object which may be in view, be it worldly or spiritual. Those who are highly materialistic may not have a very "spiritual end" in view, yet they also may usefully practice the Yogic asanas for their physical well-being if for no other reason than to make their body fit for the usual avocations of life, and increase their powers of endurance and resistance against the ravages of diseases, and above all, in order to gain that buoyancy of http://www.scribd.com/doc/325769516
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