Yoga and its Significance

Yoga as its name suggests is summing up (YOG A - In Indian language).
So how Yoga sums up gives the answer to your next query, its significance.
Yoga - Sums up or uplifts your life by:

• YAMA - Making life disciplined.
• NIYAMA - Enhancing Social Skills.
• ASANAS - Enhances physical Strength.
• PRANAYAMA - Improving life span & curing respiratory disorders.
• PRATYAHARA - Improves your control on primary & secondary sensory organs.
• DHARANA - Improves your single point focus abilities.
• DHAYANA (MEDITATION) - Improves self realization, concentration & mental ability & reduces stress [If done with proper form & guidance].
• SAMADHI - Merging to the god with self realization. [Now this is only meant for rarest or rare yogies, not for us quorans. This level can only be achieved by those who are beyond any materialistic world].

We common people can only perform asanas or pranayama not even genuine meditation. However real taste of yoga can only be achieved if we go by the sequence mentioned above. But the fact is in this fast forward world, we need instant results from everything. So we directly switch to Asanas & Pranayama.