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Eights Limbs of Yoga

The Eight Limbs of Yoga

 

 

 

 

 

Yamas  --  Niyamas Asanas --  Pranayama --  Pratyahara --  Dharana --  Dhyana --  Samadhi

 

 

5 Yamas

v     Willingness to live,  Willingness to witness                                       Muscular/Skeletal        Base of spine

 

5 Niyamas

v     Willing to enjoy, to practice                                                                Fluid Body                   Sex organs

 

Asanas

v     Willingness to manage energy in the body                                         Organ Body                  Solar Plexis

 

Pranayama

v     Willingness to withdraw energy from the senses/limbs/organs          Endocrine Body           The Heart

 

Pratyahara

v     Willingness to withdraw energy from the senses/limbs/organs           Nervous Body             The Throat

 

Dharana

v     Willingness to concentrate                                                                   Mental Body                The Brain

 

Dhyana

v     Willingness to reprogram and create                                                   Cellular Body               The Cosmos

 

Samadhi

v     Willingness to be                                                                                  Energy Body                The Void   

                                                                                                                                                                Beyond time

 

 

Each moment of yoga bonding or healing is a spontaneous celebration       

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