Yoga: Pre-Vedic, Vedic, Shamanic period.
The Pre-Vedic Period (Before 3,000 BCE) The Pre-Vedic period has its roots with the Indus-Sarasvati people of the Indus valley in northern India. This period of yoga history also referred to as being in the Indic tradition. John Marshall has found evidence from this time, including the best-known a seated figure with a horned headdress, surrounded by animals that seem yogic. This pose could be showing yogi (Claimed to Shiva or Rudra) in meditation and using some asana pose. He notes that the “Pashupati” (Lord of all animals) seal found in an Indus Valley Civilization site describes a figure in a position resembling an asana used for meditation. It suggests that Yoga was known and practiced even in those early stages of civilization (John Marshall, 1931). John Marshall worked in the Harappa sites that set the trend for Hindu interpretations of archaeological evidence in 1931. He identified the following as prom...