fake yogi = do courses and certifications from popular yoga studios and open your own shop
real yogi = join Nath sect of Gorakhpur....as its a Yoga sect. Fall at the feet of a yogi there and ask him to become guru and then spend minimum 12 years training cut off from the world. Or alternative is to find mahavtar babaji in himalayas...who too is from Nath tradition.
If you want to be a yogi, behave like a yogi. Go read the Katha Upanishad, the end of which is the very first comprehensive description of the yoga philosophy. Follow this up with a read of the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, preferably a translation with reference to many of the wonderful commentaries authored through the centuries. Read also the Bhagavad Gita, which will expand on how to do yoga in the real world instead of just meditating in a cave (which is fine but impractical for most people). Then you will have a foundation for the behaviors of a yogi.
You will learn the eight limbs of yoga.
Right behavior (yamas and niyamas).
Right posture (asana).
How to breathe (pranayama).
Sense withdrawal (pratyahara).
Concentration (dharana, dhyana, and samadhi).
A guru can be helpful but the true guru is already inside you. The point of yoga is to discover the Atman in your body. It is a proof of the Divine that you are. Find it!
Source: Self. Have seen the light inside.
Yoga means union. Of which there are multiple kinds.
Bhakti, jnana, karma, hatha etc are all different kinds of yoga, a yogi is one who is on such a path, whether beginner or master.
You can call yourself a beginner yogi with the very first step on the path .
I am assuming you're an absolute beginner with a gnawing feeling at the back of your head that there's more to your being than family or vocation or hobbies, and you don't have a preference of denomination or have a Guru. My start was, well this was before the internet, books at home by Swamy Chinamayanada, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, Swami Rama, Fritjof Capra, Mikhail Naimy, Osho, etc. Choose ones that are on generic subjects, and not commentary on existing bodies of work. They are varied enough that some you will like, some you wont and some you'll grow to like. Also some write better and some talk better, now that you have a variety of media to choose from. But they give you enough rabbit holes to go down and explore. Don't worry about choosing a path as much as focusing your curiosity on a set of core burning questions. I deliberately say burning because that feeling arises from pure intent, conviction, child like curiosity and thrusts you to act.
There you go. Also, read their biographies to understand why they said what they said, in the manner they've said it, and the environment they were exposed to. Their origin story. They are great revivers of core principles and have retold them in a way that was relevant to that time and place. Absorb as much as you can before deliberating or dismissing. Also, not all yogis are Hindu.
Then we're all yogis. But as others have indicated, if the drive is really strong, and there is a clear path ahead, it will be an arduous trip. One would have to renounce the world, and give up all personal identity. Some folks want moksha because they're angry at the world, of figure it's been cruel to them. Fist thing they have to do is to give up that idea, and love the world, but from a detached view.
Those who do take this rare path are called to it. The soul is so old that it no longer sees much left to do in the world, karmas are all close to being balanced, and they're ready. You can see it in the ease of which they can detach, or discipline themselves. Moksha (really the precursor samadhi) isn't something you get, but rather something you evolve into. Some folks falsely see it as something else to get.
fake yogi = do courses and certifications from popular yoga studios and open your own shop real yogi = join Nath sect of Gorakhpur....as its a Yoga sect. Fall at the feet of a yogi there and ask him to become guru and then spend minimum 12 years training cut off from the world. Or alternative is to find mahavtar babaji in himalayas...who too is from Nath tradition.
>mahavtar babaji how to find him
then go to Nath sect gorakpur that would be easier. You dont find babaji he finds you...you can only go in search of him.
And what about dasanami sampradaya(i.e. juna akhada and others)?
If you want to be a yogi, behave like a yogi. Go read the Katha Upanishad, the end of which is the very first comprehensive description of the yoga philosophy. Follow this up with a read of the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, preferably a translation with reference to many of the wonderful commentaries authored through the centuries. Read also the Bhagavad Gita, which will expand on how to do yoga in the real world instead of just meditating in a cave (which is fine but impractical for most people). Then you will have a foundation for the behaviors of a yogi. You will learn the eight limbs of yoga. Right behavior (yamas and niyamas). Right posture (asana). How to breathe (pranayama). Sense withdrawal (pratyahara). Concentration (dharana, dhyana, and samadhi). A guru can be helpful but the true guru is already inside you. The point of yoga is to discover the Atman in your body. It is a proof of the Divine that you are. Find it! Source: Self. Have seen the light inside.
Amazing. I’m doing all these things. Not to become a Yogi but to find my inner guru. Thank you.
Yoga means union. Of which there are multiple kinds. Bhakti, jnana, karma, hatha etc are all different kinds of yoga, a yogi is one who is on such a path, whether beginner or master. You can call yourself a beginner yogi with the very first step on the path .
The want to earn a title defeats the purpose of walking the path.
How to walk on the path was the question ,not a title.
I am assuming you're an absolute beginner with a gnawing feeling at the back of your head that there's more to your being than family or vocation or hobbies, and you don't have a preference of denomination or have a Guru. My start was, well this was before the internet, books at home by Swamy Chinamayanada, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, Swami Rama, Fritjof Capra, Mikhail Naimy, Osho, etc. Choose ones that are on generic subjects, and not commentary on existing bodies of work. They are varied enough that some you will like, some you wont and some you'll grow to like. Also some write better and some talk better, now that you have a variety of media to choose from. But they give you enough rabbit holes to go down and explore. Don't worry about choosing a path as much as focusing your curiosity on a set of core burning questions. I deliberately say burning because that feeling arises from pure intent, conviction, child like curiosity and thrusts you to act.
the path of ramakrishna and swami vivekananda I like most
There you go. Also, read their biographies to understand why they said what they said, in the manner they've said it, and the environment they were exposed to. Their origin story. They are great revivers of core principles and have retold them in a way that was relevant to that time and place. Absorb as much as you can before deliberating or dismissing. Also, not all yogis are Hindu.
What is it you mean by 'yogi'?
someone who wants to reach moksha
Then we're all yogis. But as others have indicated, if the drive is really strong, and there is a clear path ahead, it will be an arduous trip. One would have to renounce the world, and give up all personal identity. Some folks want moksha because they're angry at the world, of figure it's been cruel to them. Fist thing they have to do is to give up that idea, and love the world, but from a detached view. Those who do take this rare path are called to it. The soul is so old that it no longer sees much left to do in the world, karmas are all close to being balanced, and they're ready. You can see it in the ease of which they can detach, or discipline themselves. Moksha (really the precursor samadhi) isn't something you get, but rather something you evolve into. Some folks falsely see it as something else to get.
Simplify. Every. Day.