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Yoga Retreat

Eight Limbs of Yoga

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The Eight Limbs of Yoga are set out in Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra (YS) as the proper order of practicing Yoga.

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yogāṅgānuṣṭhānād-aśuddhi-kṣaye jñāna-dīptir-āviveka-khyāteḥ
 

The practice of the limbs of yoga leads to the remission of impurities and the radiance of penetrating knowledge, bringing the aspirant towards discrimination from knowledge. (YS II.28)

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  1. yama

  2. niyama

  3. āsana

  4. prāṇāyāma

  5. pratyāhāra

  6. dhāraṇā 

  7. dhyāna

  8. samādhi

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