The Yoga sutra describes yoga as consisting of eight limbs. While the doorway into yoga for many these days is through the body by working with asanas, It is only one method. One may find oneself drawn to explore the remaining limbs as ones practice progresses.
YAMA Moral Restraint
NIYAMA Rule or Law
ASANAS Purification
PRANAYAMA Control of the Breath
PRATYAHARA Withdrawal of the senses.
DHARANA Concentration of the Mind.
DHYANA Meditation.
SAMADHI Illuminated state of absorption with the absolute.
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