| Jnana means the knowledge. This yoga is the | | | | the next two parts of this yoga. Asanas are |
| yoga for the intelligent and selected people. | | | | the physical movements that help in |
| This yoga is the ultimate goal of all the | | | | developing the suppleness of the body and |
| other varieties of yoga. This yoga teaches | | | | thus cure any diseases. You can control your |
| you to look at the world as it is without any | | | | breath by using pranayama which increases the |
| ignorance and bias. You can achieve this | | | | capacity of the lungs to take in air and thus |
| state by practicing rigorous mental | | | | increases the vitality of the body. The next |
| discipline and virtue. This yoga is also | | | | part Pratyahara denotes the withdrawal of the |
| called Raja Yoga or the king of all the | | | | sense organs from objects of enjoyment. The |
| yogas, since it is of the highest variety and | | | | remaining three parts deal with intense |
| rules over all the other varieties. This is | | | | mental concentration. |
| the Yoga that Patanjali has described in his | | | | |
| Yoga Sutras. | | | | Patanjali maintained that practicing these |
| | | | eight parts of yoga faithfully and intensely |
| This yoga is made up of eight parts of which | | | | will, over a period of time, erase all the |
| five are external and the other three are | | | | impurities of the body and mind and thus |
| internal. Two of its parts, viz yama and | | | | attain knowledge that will liberate the |
| niyama deal with types of behaviour that the | | | | person from bondage and ignorance. This yoga |
| student of yoga should avoid like lying, | | | | is called Ashtanga Yoga since it is made of |
| cheating, stealing etc. and those behaviours | | | | eight parts. It is also called as Dhyana yoga |
| that he should cultivate like cleanliness, | | | | due to its stress on mental concentration. |
| non-collection etc. Asanas and Pranayama are | | | | |