Types of YOGA

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References –
Meditations– Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Raja Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
Karma Yoga – “Bhagwat Geeta” original script, Swami Vivekananda, Swami S
atyananda
Kunadalini Tantra – Swami Satyananda, “Gheranda Sanhimta” original script
Kriya Yoga – Swami Satyananda, “Patanjal Yoga Sutra” original script
 Yoga
• Yoga – “YUJ” means to Join
– Yoga means to join individual (“Jivatma”) with
supreme consciousness.
• “SAMATVAM YOGA UCHYATE” – yoga is
balance. Bhagwad Gita
• “YOGA KARMASU KAUSHALAM” – yoga
is skilled action. Bhagwad Gita
• Yoga is Union between “Purush & Prakriti”
/ “Shiva & Shakti” / Realizing “Bramhan”
 Yoga - Importance
• Yoga shows the pathway to self realization
• Yoga is practical approach to achieving ulti
mate goal of life.
• Yoga alleviates man’s sufferings
• Yoga is a science of personality developm
ent
 Types of Yoga
• Ashtanga Yoga – Discipline of Mind
• Hatha Yoga – Discipline of Body and Prana
• Bhakti Yoga – Discipline of Emotions
• Karma Yoga – Discipline of Actions
• Gyan Yoga – Discipline of Intellect
Tantra –
• Mantra Yoga
• Kundalini Yoga
• Swara Yoga, Nada yoga, Laya yoga etc.
 Patanjal Yoga / Raja Yoga
• Yama
• Niyama
• Asana
• Pranayama
• Pratyahara
• Dharana
• Dhyan
• Samadhi
 Hatha Yoga
• Ha (PINGALA nadi) + Tha (IDA nadi)
• Balanced Prana in both – rise of Kundalini
• Hatha yoga practices stimulate the chakras
• Shatkarmas (6 types), Asanas, Pranayama, Mud
ra & Bandha
• Manipulation of different forces, Prana (5 types) l
eading to higher states of mind
• Balance between sympathetic nervous system &
parasympathetic nervous system
 Bhakti Yoga
• Yoga of Devotion / LOVE
– Object of Faith
– Complete Surrender
– Release of Emotional energy
• Methods of Bhakti
– “Shravan” – hearing, “Namsankirtan” - chanting, “Smaran”- reme
mbering, “Bandhan” – attaching the self, “Archan” – surrender of
the self
• State of Meditation
– Continuous thinking of Object of faith or God or Guru
– Concentrated mind on the object
– Losing self identity in the object
• Easiest but most powerful Yoga
• No preparation, no constraints, no entry barriers
 Karma Yoga
• Karma Yoga – Described in “Bhagwat Geeta”- It
is the dialog between Lord Krishna and King Arj
una
• Karma yoga – work with awareness but without
attachment to fruits or outcome of it.
• One loses identity & becomes a mere instrument
of the supreme consciousness
• Individual becomes expert & efficient in his work.
• Develops faculty of concentration, will power
• Selfless Work – forces inner conflicts, desires on
the surface and cleaning takes place.
 Karma Yoga Contd.
• “The world is imprisoned in its own activity
except when actions are performed as wor
ship of GOD. So you must perform every a
ction sacramentally and be free of your att
achments to the results.”
 TANTRA Yoga
• WHAT IS TANTRA? Tan – expansion , tra – Liberation
• Tantra means expansion of awareness and liberation of
energy
• Awakening of energy (Shakti) and taking it to meet consc
iousness (Shiva) (Union of Shiva & Shakti)
– RIGHT HAND TANTRA
• MANTRA YOGA
• KRIYA YOGA
• HATHA YOGA
• KUNDALINI YOGA
– LEFT HAND TANTRA
• USE OF LIQUOR, MEAT SEX ETC.
• BLACK MAGIC
• EVIL TECHNIQUES
• VASHIKARAN, KARANI
 Yoga - Need
• Bhakti Yoga – Purifying Emotions / passions (Emotional
personality)
• Karma Yoga – Dynamic Self for actions (Dynamic perso
nality)
• Raja Yoga / Patanjal Yoga / Hatha Yoga – Healthy body
and mind
• Mantra Yoga – Developing power of concentration
• Gyan Yoga – Knowledge of supreme. (Rational personali
ty)
• Tantra – Swara, Nada, Kundalini yoga – Knowledge of v
arious aspects of human existence