The Living Tree of Yoga

Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras · Ashtāṅga — Eight Limbs as a Living Tree

ground BAHIRAṄGA — OUTER LIMBS ANTARAṄGA — INNER LIMBS Ahiṁsā Satya Asteya Brahmacharya Aparigraha Saucha Santosha Tapas Svādhyāya Īśvara Praṇidhāna Pratyāhāra Dhāraṇā Dhyāna Samādhi ← the breath, the doorway YAMAS 1st Limb NIYAMAS 2nd Limb I II III IV V I II III IV V ĀSANA 3rd Limb PRĀṆĀYĀMA 4th Limb 5th Limb 6th Limb 7th Limb 8th Limb
The Living Tree
Yoga Sūtras
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ
Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. — Press Play to begin the walk through the eight limbs.
Yamas (1st)
Niyamas (2nd)
Āsana (3rd)
Prāṇāyāma (4th)
Antaraṅga (5–8th)

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