{"id":459,"date":"2020-12-06T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scimonk.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2022-10-28T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:10:07","slug":"elements-of-yoga-and-limbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scimonk.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/06\/elements-of-yoga-and-limbs\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Amazing Elements of Yoga or Five?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most people have created confusion between the elements of yoga and the limbs of Yoga. There has to be no confusion between these two. Common people think Patanjali and 8 Limbs of Yoga are the real elements of Yoga. However, it is to be noted that before the system of Patanjali, there existed another way of looking at the Yogic Principles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read the following article to know. Click here to read the article on Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana, a Yoga before Patanjali.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Elements of Yoga are categorical rather than having certain numbers. A Yoga practitioner focused only on physical exercises cannot explain the reality of Yoga. Most Yoga Teachers miss it because of the negative inferences. They say, Yoga is done for physical and mental fitness only, but that’s not the whole truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoga is to understand ‘supreme- self’ rather than connecting with our body through various poses. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The elements of yoga are categorized into various divisions, however here are the three categories based on inferences from books like Bhagawat Gita,<\/a> Patanjali Yoga Sutras<\/a>, Upanishads<\/a>, Yoga related books like Hatha Yoga Pradipaka<\/a> and Yoga Vashista<\/a>, and many more. These are the techniques of the Yogis from the Himalayas and other parts of India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The category of elements of yoga is as follows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Elements of Yoga based on psychological temperament.<\/li>
  2. Elements of Yoga based on Dharana or contemplation.<\/li>
  3. Limbs of Yoga based on Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Upanishads, and various other yoga-related texts.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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