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Ashtang Yoga

Sanatan Kriya , as formulated by  Yogi Ashwini , encapsulates in its entirety, all the eight limbs of  Ashtang Yoga  as prescribed by the  Patanjali Yoga Sutras  about 5000 years ago. The eight limbs of Ashtang Yoga are -  Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dhyan, Dharna, Samadhi.  By following the practice of the five  Yamas  and five  Niyams , the path of Yoga becomes clear. The impediments in the progress of the practitioner or  sadhak  get removed leading the  sadhak  to the next stage, which involves the purification of the physical and the etherical self of the individual. Asana  is a posture, which is attained with the objective of gaining mastery of the physical body. The practitioner or more appropriately the  sadhak  practices the posture with complete awareness of the physical and internalization of senses till the posture becomes effortless or in other words till the physical...