Astangas of Yoga



๐Ÿ”นOn the cover page of yoga books we always see the display of complex body postures..


๐Ÿ”นThere is a Yoga era for healthy, shapely and beautiful body in each and everywhere...also a tight competition between gym and yoga studios world wide..


๐Ÿ”นBut do you know these all involving regular breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, slow progressive result, with a transformation of our whole life..


๐Ÿ”นNowadays many shocking news especially about young energetic active celebrities, suddenly passing away while doing exercises or regular fitness trainings..


 ๐Ÿ”นDo you know these majority cases are because of lack of proper breathing practice,relaxation in regular intervals. How many of us know Pataรฑjali’s Yoga Sลซtras, with a focus on the psychological concepts and techniques designed for controlling the ,processes of mind, which form the core of Yoga psychology.

๐Ÿ”นPictures seeing in majority Yogic representation is only one of the limb among eight limbs in (ashtangas) in Pataรฑjali yogasutra. Let's know the Astangas of  Yoga 

Have you heard about the word mind river?, it is the literal word for mental process according to Vyasa,the first and foremost commentator of the Yoga sootra. Yoga is the cessation of the mental process (citta vแน›tti nirodhaแธฅ).

 Mental processes involved in this context in cognitive processes like those of thinkings,imagining, doubting, inquiring, deciding, dreaming etc

Pataรฑjai

๐Ÿ”นnot invented Yoga but give a to do manual based on practice

๐Ÿ”นshort, only concepts and techniques given.

Astangas of Yoga:

Pataรฑjali presents an eightfold(aแนฃแนญฤแน…ga) path of Yoga. The eight ‘limbs’ involve the following:

1. Yama:

a set of behavioural restraints such as non-violence,avoidance of telling lies, etc, mental purification



2. Niyama:

a set of rights , such as cleanliness, gratitude,ascetic practices, self-awareness and everything from God etc.



3. ฤ€sana:

a steady and comfortable posture,usually considering as Yoga now a days

4. Prฤแน‡ฤyฤma:

 breath control,residing in an asana.

5. Pratyฤhฤra:

going inside, withdrawal of sense organs from objects, insight

6. Dhฤrแน‡ฤ:

restricting the range of attention or concentration,

7. Dhyฤna:

sustaining attention for long time.

8. Samฤdhi:

a  higher level of consciousness raising to elevate the soul.

(The concept of citta vแน›tti essentially involves two elements—first, citta meaning md and,second, vแน›tti meaning processes.

RefWhat is mind river.. Chitta vrithi )

So next we can move to the Yogic personality on next blog till then

Namasthe.. With love AnnaNathasha ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป



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