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also means union or communion. Yoga is a timeless pragmatic science evolved over thousands of years dealing with the physical, moral, mental and spiritual well-being of man as a whole.” (B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga).
Yoga is one of the six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy that was systematized in 200 BC by Pantanjali, author or representative of the Yoga Sutras. The Yoga Sutras consist of more than 196 aphorisms covering the Science of Yoga. These are the four classic Yogas:
• Karma Yoga – right acts, selfless actions
• Bhakti Yoga – loving devotion
• Raja Yoga – meditation
• Jnana Yoga – inner wisdom/contemplation/enlightenment
The Sutras clearly delineate; its aim, the necessary practices, the obstacles you may meet along the path, their removal, and precise description of the results that will be obtained from such practices. These selected Sutras are examples of the scope of this practice:
Yogas Chitta Vrtti Nirodhah – Sutra 1.2
The restraint of the modifications of the mind-stuff is yoga.
The entire science of yoga is based on this. Patanjali has given the definition of yoga and at the same time, the practice. “If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.”
8 Limbs of Ashtanga Yoga – Sutra 2.29
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