It is probably based on the internal training of Indian martial arts and is often referred to as peasant or slave yoga.
It was for the common man and also used by ancient warriors of northern Burma to maintain health and protect from illness and disease.
Today it is practiced by ethnic Burmese in parts of Southeast Asia, India.
[3] The discipline includes the fighting and defensive behaviors of animals such as the cobra, python, viper, tiger, leopard, monkey, bull, boar and scorpion.
[5] It is not a yoga system for enlightenment but for developing and maintaining efficient functionality in our everyday life, whether it be as a worker/laborer, monk or warrior.