ASHTANGA YOGA

ASHTANGA YOGA

Ashtanga Yoga is a system of yoga popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois, and which is often promoted as a modern-day form of classical Indian yoga.Pattabhi Jois began his yoga studies in 1927 at the age of 12, and by 1948 had established an institute for teaching the specific yoga practice known as Ashtanga (Sanskrit for "eight-limbed") Yoga.Power Yoga and vinyasa yoga are generic terms that may refer to any type of vigorous yoga exercise derived from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
Eight Limbs of Ashtanga
The sage Patanjali outlined eight aspects—or "limbs"— of spiritual yogic practice in his Yoga Sutras:

1. Yama - moral codes
2. Niyama - self-purification and study
3. Asana - posture
4. Pranayama - breath control
5. Pratyahara - withdrawing of the mind from the senses
6. Dharana - concentration
7. Dhyana - deep meditation
8. Samadhi - Union with the object of meditation

ASHTANGA YOGA

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