Shabda yogaShabda yoga
Self-discipline
Guru bhaktiGuru bhakti
Ajna
Pratyahara
Asparsa yogaAsparsa yoga
Vaidhi bhaktiVaidhi bhakti
Love of GodLove of God
Sexual yogaSexual yoga
Manana
Vishuddha
YogaKundalini yogaKundalini yoga
Bhakti
Manipura
Puja yogaPuja yoga
Raja yogaRaja yoga
Integral yogaIntegral yoga
Yogacara
Maithuna
Breath controlBreath control
Sahasrara
Svadhishthana
Bhavana margaBhavana marga
Hatha yogaHatha yoga
Yantra yogaYantra yoga
Adhyatma yogaAdhyatma yoga
Prayoga margaPrayoga marga
Abhiseka
Buddhi yogaBuddhi yoga
Initiation as spiritual rebirthInitiation as spiritual rebirth
Mythic yogaMythic yoga
Sravana
Yogic featsYogic feats
Restraint
Pranayama
Agni yogaAgni yoga
Tantra
Raga bhaktiRaga bhakti
Darsana margaDarsana marga
Nada yogaNada yoga
Jnana yogaJnana yoga
Six-member yogaSix-member yoga
Eightfold path of yogaEightfold path of yoga
Atma yogaAtma yoga
Shakti yogaShakti yoga
Laya yogaLaya yoga
Karma yogaKarma yoga
Taraka yogaTaraka yoga
Kriya yogaKriya yoga
Bhakti yogaBhakti yoga
Samadhi yogaSamadhi yoga
Bhava
Asana
Anahata
Animistic yogaAnimistic yogaDhyana yogaDhyana yoga
Muladhara
Mantra yogaMantra yoga
Soma chakraSoma chakra
Asaiksa margaAsaiksa marga
As a technique, yoga seems to have commenced in India in antiquity, prior to the Brahminism of the Aryan invaders under whom it was sometimestolerated, sometimes persecuted. It flourished in the period of the vedanta which followed that of the veda and is expounded in the upanishads and in
the Bhagavad Gita. It incorporates the nonviolence and doctrines of karma and reincarnation of Jain teaching; and was spread beyond India through thevarious forms of Buddhism. Literally meaning "union" and "control", from the same root as the word "yoke", yoga is a system of methods of physical, mental,moral and spiritual development. Its premise is that through self-estrangement, alienation from existence, man has lost contact with the infinite ground ofexistence. Restless search for truth and happiness outside himself occurs because he has forgotten that these are only to be found at the inmost centre ofhis own being. The purpose of all forms of yoga is to unite finite man in full consciousness with the infinite, by whatever name this ultimate reality is known.The term is used to designate any ascetic technique and any method of meditation (Indian thought), although classical (systemic), popular (nonsystemic),and non-Brahmanic (Buddhist, Jainist) yogas are distinguished. Even the way of the Christian mystic, in that it it is a path towards knowledge of and unionwith God, can be referred to as yoga. The fundamental goal of union with the spiritual world presupposes a preliminary detachment from the material world.Yoga therefore places emphasis on the self-discipline by virtue of which the individual can obtain the necessary concentration of spirit prior to anyexperience of true union. The exercises directed toward this end are extremely practical and guard against side-tracking into fanciful contemplation anddilettante exploration of profound ideas. In addition to being a system of methods, yoga is also a system of philosophy (although not in the Western sense)lived out through these methods. It is a system of coherent affirmations, coextensive with human experience (which it attempts to interpret in its entirety),with the aim of liberating man from ignorance and allowing him to experience the supra-conscious component of his personality. As such it is one of the sixorthodox Indian systems of philosophy.
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