Iyengar Yoga
The followiong excerpt is from Mr. Iyengar's public website. I used this as there is no way I could describe this man with any better words. I can to be aquainted to this style through Rosa Lopez, Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman Yee and Richard Rosen.
Iyengar Yoga Sage Patanjali, who has penned this subject in his treatise Yoga Darshana defines yoga as chitta vritti nirodha. Chitta is the consciousness which includes the mind, the intellect and the ego. Yoga is a method of silencing the vibrations of the chitta.
The eight aspects (astanga) of yoga are :
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Iyengar Yoga Sage Patanjali, who has penned this subject in his treatise Yoga Darshana defines yoga as chitta vritti nirodha. Chitta is the consciousness which includes the mind, the intellect and the ego. Yoga is a method of silencing the vibrations of the chitta.
The eight aspects (astanga) of yoga are :
- Yama and niyama
- Asanas
- Pranayama
- Pratyahara
- Dharana
- Dhyana
- Samadhi
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