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YOGA

Raja Yoga = Asthanga Yoga means eight limbs of Yoga.

		Yama
		Social ethics of non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence, and non-coveting

		Niyama
		Personal ethics of purity, contentment, ardour, study, devotion

		Asana
		Discipline of the body through posture to provide a sound base for taming the mind

		Pranayama
		Discipline of the breath to refine the base developed through asana

Pratyahara
Beginning mental concentration, holding to a single object for about 10-20 seconds ) This is the start of meditation, in proper. Achievement to this level brings mental control over the sense gates, so that one can withdraw from sense experience. This is useful because it allows one to further purify the mind and heart without the normal distractions of the mind and senses.

Dharana
Intermediate mental concentration, holding to a single object for 2-4 minutes

Dhyana
Advanced mental concentration, holding to a single object for 30-40 minutes

Samadhi
Very advanced mental concentration, holding to a single object for 6 hours or more ) The most advanced practitioners can remain in samadhi indefinitely.

		Hatha Yoga (Modern Yoga)
		Hatha Yoga is part of a system of yoga aimed at achieving total enlightenment. And traditionally, hatha yoga is used to cultivate the physical body in order to make it a healthy and fit vehicle for meditation and further energy work. Far removed from this vision, the average westerner today considers "yoga" to mean Hatha Yoga, and Hatha Yoga to simply mean physical fitness. Classically, "yogini" and "yogi" respectively referred to serious female and male practitioners. In contrast, today anyone--and everyone--who even tries a yoga class is called a yogi.

		What Yoga Does?
		Yoga works not only with the physical body but also with increasingly more subtle energy bodies. Hence, because yoga really is a vast and steady river of light, it can, and does, support all those who will travel upon its waters, for however far a distance they would travel. So, even a short journey for some good health is quite acceptable. This special river, alluring in subtle ways, has a vibrancy that eventually draws back most who have come to its shores.