Asthanga Yoga Sadhna ( According to Anand Marg Philosophy)

 ASTHANGA YOGA SADHANA 

 (i) Yama  (ii) Niyama  (iii) Asana  (iv) Pranayam  (v) Pratyahara

 (vi) Dharana  (vii) Dhyan  (viii) Samadhi

 . YAMA :

 (i) Ahamsa :- not to inflict pain on any body by thought, word or deed.

 (ii) Satya :- the benevolent use of mind and word welfare of others.

 (iii) Asteya :- Non-stealing – thought, word and deed.

 (iv) Brahmacarya :- Ideation of supreme consciousness keep in mind.

 (v) Aparigraha :- excepting minimum necessities of life.

 

 NIYAMA :

 (i) Shaucha :- Purity of body , mind and surrounding

 (ii) Santosh :- Maintain of mental ease and equipoise in all condition.

 (iii) Tapah :- To remove suffering others through service and sacrifice.

 (iv) Svadhyaya :- To understand the meaning of spiritual matter.

 (v) Ishvara Pranidhan :- To accept God only goal of life.

 

 ASANA :

 (i) Sthira sukham Asanam – yoga exercise is a posture of physical

     comfort and mental composure .

 (ii) Relieves stress

 (iii) Control the emotion

 (iv) Protect from attack of any disease

 (v) Increase longevity, ……Kausiki , Tandava

 

 PRANAYAMA :

  Pranah yamayati ya sa Pranayam

 The process through which one brings the pranashakti under control is…

 Five internal Vayu  :-

 (i) Naga (ii) Kurma (iii) Krkara (iv) Devadatta ( v) Dhananjaya

 Five External Vayu :-

 (i) Pram (ii) Apana (iii) Vyana (iv) Samana (v) Udana

 

 PRATYAHARA :

 The technique of withdrawal of mind from external physical ties . To keep the mind unaffected from physico-psychic obsession is Pratyahara

 

DHARANA :

 Desha bandhashciitasya dharana

To fix and stabilize the citta in a particular region or place is …….

 

 DHYAN :

 Continuous flow of mind towards its object of ideation is Dhyan.

(i) For dhyan the object of ideation should be spiritual entity , and

   approach is psycho- spiritual.

 

SAMADHI :

 Samadhi is a stage of complete absorption of mind in its object of ideation

 (i) Savikalpa

 (ii) Nirvikalpa