Yoga Inner Beauty as a Lifestyle Among Women at the Ghanta Yoga Asram, Kertalangu Village, East Denpasar

Abstract

The teaching of yoga is a sacred teaching which is a teaching of release that aims to connect oneself and be united with God for Hindus through the stages of astangga yoga. However, nowadays the yoga that is practiced is only the asanas and pranayama stages or often referred to as yoga asanas. Balinese women today want to feel more beautiful and acceptable in society. Therefore, women do yoga inner beauty which makes practitioners healthy, a person's beauty will be clearly radiated from within such as attitudes, behavior, ethics, and morals causing a healthy and harmonious life. In addition, women also need their self-actualization in the form of a career path for them. Based on this phenomenon, there are three main problems in this research. First, why do women choose inner beauty yoga at Asram Ghanta Yoga Denpasar in overcoming their life problems? Second, how is the process of applying inner beauty yoga for women at the Ghanta Yoga Asram Denpasar? Third, what are the implications of applying inner beauty yoga for women at the Ghanta Yoga Asram Denpasar on their lifestyle, social attitudes, and economic life? The problem is studied by three theories, namely phenomenological theory, social learning theory, and reception theory. This study uses a qualitative-analytic method with an interactive approach. The results obtained are as follows. First, the reason why women choose inner beauty yoga at the Ghanta Yoga Asram Denpasar is because women believe that doing inner beauty yoga and meditation every day can radiate inner beauty energy, making the body healthy, beautiful, and youthful. Second, the process of applying inner beauty yoga for women at the Ghanta Yoga Asram Denpasar is starting from socialization, initiation process, worship, the yoga implementation process is carried out from level 1 to level 5 and level of purification. Third, the implication of the application of yoga inner beauty for women at the Ghanta Yoga Asram Denpasar is that after participating in yoga, women become more patient, healthier, more beautiful, more harmonious, and more sincere in accepting the situation, and full of confidence.