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ASHTANG
A YOGA

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UNIVERSITY OF
LUCKNOW
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.P.ED. 2ND SEMESTER
(2020-2021)
YOGA EDUCATION
SUBMITTED TO:
DR. SHASHI KANNAUJIA
PRESENTED BY:
PRACHI BHARGAWA
200017015007

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What is Yoga?
Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based
on an extremely subtle science, which focuses
on bringing harmony between mind and body. It
is an art and scince of healthy living. The word
'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj',
meaning 'to join' or 'to yoke'

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What is Yoga Education?
Yoga education can supplement school and
university education. It can prepare the students
physically and mentally for the integration of their
physical, mental and spiritual faculties so that the
students can become healthier, saner and more
integrated members of the society and of the nation.

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What is ASHTANGA YOGA?
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a style of yoga as
exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the
20th century, often promoted as a modern-day
form of classical Indian yoga. He claimed to have
learnt the system from his teacher, Tirumalai
Krishnamacharya. The style is energetic,
synchronising breath with movements.

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1. Yama(Self restraint, moral guidelines for human development)
2. Niyama(Observances, principles of morality)
3. Asana (yoga postures)
4. Pranayama(breath control)
5. Pratyahara(withdrawal of mind)
6. Dharana(concentration)
7. Dhyana(meditation)
8. Samadhi (suspension of mind in the goal)
Limbs of astanga yoga

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YAMA
Yama is the first of the 8 limbs of ashtanga yoga.
Yama (Restraints, Abstinence or Universal
Morality) The verbal meaning of "Yama" is "rein,
curb, or bridle, discipline or restraints" In the
present context, it is used to mean "self-control,
forbearance, or any great rule or duty".

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Elements of Yama
The five Yamas are-:
1.Ahimsa (non-violence),
2.Satya (truthfulness),
3.Asteya (not stealing),
4.Brahmacharya (moderation),
5.Aparigraha (not hoarding).

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Niyama
The Niyamas are the 2nd limb of Ashtanga
yoga, after the yamas. The Niyamas are
guidelines for how you should treat
yourself and how to develop and improve
your personal qualities.

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Elements of Niyama
The Yoga Sutra describes five different niyamas are:-
1. Saucha (cleanliness),
2. Santosha (contentment),
3. Tapas (self-discipline),
4. Svadhyaya (self-reflection),
5. Ishvara pranidhana (surrender to a higher power).

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Asana
An asana is the 3rd limb of ashtanga yoga. An asana is a
body posture, originally and still a general term for a
sitting meditation pose, and later extended in
hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of
position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and
balancing poses. Asanas are also called yoga poses
or yoga postures in English.

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Pranayama
Pranayama is the 4the limb of ashtanga yoga.
Pranayama is the practice of breath regulation.
It's a main component of yoga, an exercise for
physical and mental wellness. In Sanskrit, “prana”
means life energy and “yama” means control. The
practice of pranayama involves breathing
exercises and patterns.

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Pratyahara
Pratyahara is the fifth limb of yoga in the
Ashtanga yoga system—also called the eight-
limbed path—and it serves as a foundation for
meditation. The experience of pratyahara is
the ability to disengage your mind by controlling
your reaction to external disturbances.

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Dharana
Dhāraṇā is the 6th limb Of ashtanga yoga.
Dharana(from Sanskrit धारणा) is translated as
"collection or concentration of the mind (joined with
the retention of breath)", or "the act of holding,
bearing, wearing, supporting, maintaining, retaining,
keeping back (in remembrance), a good memory", or
"firmness, steadfastness, certainty".

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Dhyana
Dhyana is a term used for the seventh anga (limb
or level) in the eight-step Yoga practice of Sage
Patanjali. This state is penultimate to Samadhi or
“absorption.” Unfortunately, the word dhyana is
usually translated as meditation, implying a state
of abiding calm.

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Samadhi
Yoga is a spiritual practice, and Samadhi is the 8th and
final stage on the eightfold path of yoga. It is a state of
consciousness where individual awareness dissolves into
the great Whole. Samadhi is a state of profound and
utterly absorptive contemplation of the Absolute that is
undisturbed by desire, anger, or any other ego-generated
thought or emotion.

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Conclusion
Yoga is the medicine for nearly every problem. As you practice
yoga, it does not only help you to improve your physical body but
also helps in maintaining your inner peace and relaxing your mind.
Thus, there is nothing that yoga will not help. If you practice yoga
daily you will enjoy a peaceful and healthy lifetime.
Through the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali has provided the highest
knowledge to reach the ultimate. Thus, Ashtanga Yoga is the core
of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, thus, standing tall as one of the best
and the most practiced forms of yoga even today.

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