Guest guest Posted March 31, 2002 Report Posted March 31, 2002 pease name the 8 limbs of Ashtanga yoga (eight-limbed yoga: lieke ethical living etc ) Quote
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Posted April 1, 2002 ashtangayoga, mi_nok <no_reply> wrote: > pease name the 8 limbs of Ashtanga yoga (eight-limbed yoga: lieke ethical living etc ) PATANJALI'S EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA YAMA our attitudes toward our enviroment NIYAMA our attitudes towards ourselves ASANA the practice of body exercises PRANAYAMA the practice of breathing exercises PRATYAHARA the restraint of our senses DHARANA the ability to direct our minds DHYANA the ability to develop interactions with what we seek to understand SAMADHI complete intergration with the object to be understood Quote
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Posted April 1, 2002 ashtangayoga, mi_nok <no_reply> wrote: > pease name the 8 limbs of Ashtanga yoga (eight-limbed yoga: lieke ethical living etc ) The path of yogic maturation consists of the following eight limbs or practices: Yama (moral observance) Niyama (inner integrity) Asana (postures) Pranayama (breath control) Pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) Dharana (concentration) Dhyana (meditation) Samadhi (contemplation) more info can be found here: http://www.ashtanga.com/html/background.html and here: http://www.ayri.org/method.html Quote
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