What is Ashtanga Yoga?

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[Music] what is Ashtanga Yoga Ashtanga Yoga is literally translated into eight limbs ashta Anga Asta means eight Anga means limbs what are the eight limbs the first one is Yama the second is nyama so what are the first Yama and Nama Yama means moral observance which will help you to be in harmony with the universe with everyone around you with every being around you that is Yama and what is nama nama means the moral observance which will help you to be in harmony with your own self how can you be peaceful with your own self this is nyama Yama has five nyama has five principles and then comes asna the once you master all these five principles of Yama and five principles of nyama we go to ASA practice ASA practice will help you to understand your body develop a lot of awareness to your body and then we have pranayama so once you are aware of your body now you can be aware of your breath using pranayama it's called regulation of your Prana it's not just the breath physical aspect of breathing it's the pranic energy in China they have it's called Chi energy and in India we say it's Prana so Prana is the life force how to regulate this life force and how to utilize this life force completely this pranayama from ASA pranayama you go to prahara the moment you're aware of your breath you completely aware of your mind prahara is withdrawal of your senses for example we have a lot of activities in our daily life we tend to abuse our sense organs overeat we over sleep we overdo some physical activities we do everything in excess these days prahara is to have the control of your sense organs what happens in after pratyahara your mind mind does not go in all the different directions your mind is coming in towards one point that is darana that is the next limb and after Dar if you're focusing on one point for a very very long time meditation automatically happens that is danana that is the next Limb and if you are established in that danana for a very long time that is samadi that is the final stage of yoga or the final limb of ashang yoga so y pray prara and absorption and complete surrender complete Unity with superc Consciousness is samadi so this is ashtang yoga this is the whole purpose of why we doing yoga [Music]