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