History

Question 1

Yoga Sutras - Patanjali

Answer 1

provides the practitioner with many practices and physical posture to facilitate who we really are and with it resolve all of our questions about ourselves
- quieting the fluctuations of the mind and drawing into the present moment

Question 2

Bhagavd Gita

Answer 2

Yoga is a skill in action

• NO mention of physical practices
• yoga is a set of skills for all of us as we go about facing the challenges of the world
• *** yoga that informs our everyday attitudes and actions (for any situation)

Question 3

The Eight Limbs of Classical Yoga

Answer 3

are the core principals that serve as a compass for living a meaningful and purposeful life

• the 8 componant stages are reffered to as ashtanga yoga:
• Ashta = eight
• Anga = limb

Question 4

1st Limb - Ethical disciplines or attitudes towards others

Answer 4

Yamas:

• ahimsa = non-violence
• satiya = truthfulness
• asteya = non-stealing
• brahmacharya = godlike conduct
• aparigraha = non-hoarding

Question 5

2nd Limb - ethical disciplines or attitudes towards ourselves

Answer 5

• sauca = purity
• santosha = contentment
• tapas = effort/desire for reunion with higher power
• svadhyaya = self-study
• ishvara pradnidhana = devotion to God/surrender

Question 6

3rd limb - Postures

Answer 6

Asana

Question 7

4th limb - set of breathing exercises designed to help master the life force

Answer 7

Pranayama

Question 8

5th Limb - withdraw from the senses, mind and conscious world. focus inward on the self

Answer 8

Pratyahara

Question 9

6th Limb - centering the mind - focused concentration

Answer 9

Dharana

Question 10

7th Limb - Meditation, withdrawing the consciousness into the soul

Answer 10

Dhyana

Question 11

8th Limb - extasy - merging with the divine. Self-realization. truth and joy beyond the mind

Answer 11

Samadhi