Astang Yoga
The word Astanga means eight limbs. Yoga means to connect oneself to the supreme. Hence Astang-Yoga means to perform the eight fold yoga system in order to realize supreme. The is lucidly explained in the second chapter of Pantajali yoga sutra and 6th chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita. The practice and spiritual realization achieved in Astang-Yoga is a precursor to the topmost perfection in the life.
1) Yama
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– Resistance to passions.
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2) Niyam
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-Rules,observances
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3) Asana
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– Postures
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4) Pranayama
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– Breathing techniques,control of prana.
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5) Pratyahar
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-Sensory withdrawal,abstraction
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6) Dharna
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- Concentration
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7) Dhyan
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– Meditation.
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8) Samadhi
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-Union with the infinite, State of
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