Some examples of the disciplines of the system used at different levels.
Hatha yoga:: for a deep development of the awareness of body-mind through purification (karma), body posture (asana), control of vital breath (pranayama), control of the neuromuscular activity (mudra), etc.
Karma yoga: the path of action. It is the way of the disinterested and aware action. Its practice leads to knowledge and the control of our own tendencies and unconscious power and to the resolution of the karmic bonds; it is the foundation supporting all the other types of yoga.
Laya yoga: laya means “to reabsorb”, therefore, this yoga, through the reabsorption of all the energies and forces which are usually wasted, brings to the reawakening and the realisation of that pure and bright conscience as kundalini sakti and to the control and transformation of its highest expression of strength and power.
Raja yoga:for the development of the mind’s potentiality through the revival of the psychic and spiritual centres of man with appropriate techniques
Jnana yoga: for the achievement of the knowledge of the Innerself through techniques of relaxation, jnana krya, meditation and study of the books.
Yoga cikitsa:holistic system of prevention, treatment and preservation of health, not only physical but also emotional, mental and spiritual. |