Stages of Yoga
Generally, yoga is composed and is described in the astanga-yoga of eight stages, (yoga huit-membered). Yama (forced) indicating the abstinence of the damage (ahimsa), of falseness, the flight, covetousness, and avarice is the first phase; with the niyama (observance), indicating the cleanliness of the body, satisfaction, the austerity, the study, and the devotion with God, the second stage.
The two next stages are composed of the physical preparations, like, of Asana (seat), of the series of physical exercises of maintenance designed to condition the body, making it flexible, and healthy flexible. The control of the asanas can be calculated by those capacity to maintain maintenances prescribed for one prolonged period, without involuntary movement or physical distractions. Pranayama ( ordering of breath ) is a series of exercises designed to stabilize the rate/rhythm of breathing in order to encourage complete respiratory relieving.
Dharana (being held above) is the capacity to focus the conscience of the externals to an object for one long period, like, concentrating the spirit on an object of meditation for example an image of a deity or of some such. Dhyana (concentrated meditation) is the uninterrupted contemplation of an object of meditation, beyond any memory of me. Samadhi (individual-collectedness) is the final stage and a prerequisite for the moksha of obtaining or being released from the cycle of the life and died. This stage, makes it possible the meditator to perceive or test the object of its meditation and itself as an entity.
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