Eight Stages Of Yoga Eight limbed Yoga consisting Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Smadhi 1. Yama अहिसा सत्यास्तेय ब्रम्हचर्यापरिग्रहायमाः Vows of self restraint, comprise abstention from vivolence, false hood theft, incontinence and acquisitiveness. The practice of Yama paves way to increase the power of concentration, mental purity and steadiness. The following are […]
Technique of yoga There are many methods of Yoga catering to the needs of different persons in society to bring about the transformation of the individual. They are broadly classified into four streams. Swami Vivekananda puts them as work, worship, philosophy and psychic control. 1. Karma Yoga: This path of working in relaxation involves doing
Definition of yoga The word Yoga comes from the root word yuj meaning to union. Accordingly Yoga can be defined as a means for uniting the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. Patanjali define in his second aphorism ‘yogah citta vrtti nirdhah’; Yoga is a process of gaining control over the mind by cessation of
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