Asana

The third Stage is Asana.

There are over 8 Lacks of Asanas

It is said to be that lord siva shortlisted those 8 lacks asanas to 84 asanas and amoung those 84 asanas 32 asanas are prefered to practiced daily

Amoung those 32 asanas 4 are most important and should practice daily with out fail

The following are the 32 asanas which is prefered to be practiced regularly.

1. Sidhasana
2. Padmasana
3. Bhadrasana
4. Mukyhasana
5. Vajrasana
6. Swasthikasana
7. Simhasana
8. Gomukhaasana
9. Virasana
10. Dhanurasana
11. Mritasana
12. Guptasana
13. Matsyasana
14. Matsyendrasana
15. Gorakshasana
16. Pachimothanaasana
17. Uthikatasana
18. Sankatasana
19. Mayoorasana
20. Kukudasana
21. Koormasana
22. Uthanakoormasana
23. Vrikshasana
24. Mandoogasana
25. Uttanamandoogasana
26. Garudasana
27. Vrishasana
28. Salabhasana
29. Makarasana
30. Ushtrasana
31. Bhujangasana
32. Yogasana

The four important Asanas are

• Padmasana
• Sidhasana
• Badhrasana
• Simhasana

Neyama

The second part of Yoga is Neyama which means self purification by discipline.
Neyama consists of five disciplines. They are,

Soucham

Santhosha

Thapa

Swathiayam

Easwarapranithanam

Soucham (Purity)

Soucham means purity. In this case we must be pure ie clean.Purity does not mean that we should t
take bath twice a day keep our surrounding clean, Is means the internal purification of our body and
the purification of our mind. Our mind must be free from all dirty thoughts that's the real purity.

Santhosha (Happiness)

Santhosha refers to Happiness. We must be happy always and free from all sorrows. The key thing to be happy always is free from all desires.

Thapa (Stability)

We must be stable always either it is a pleasant or sad situation. Stability is achieved by non attachment

Swathiayam (Self Knowledge & Wisdom)

We must know about Our self. The self knowledge is the extreme knowledge in this world. To know about our self first we must study the 96 Tathwas i'll explain more about it later in another segment.

Easwarapranithanam (Surrender to god)

Leave every actions and its consequences to god, do your duty. Simply surrender your self to god and don't expect any thing from your action

Ashtanga Yoga

Yama

Yama is the Universal Moral Commandments which we must follow before the practice of Yoga
There are five commandments that we must follow compulsory. They are

Ahimsa

Sathya

Bramacharya

Asthaya

Aparigreha

Ahimsa (Non-Violence)

Ahimsa is Non violence. It is the way of living our life without hurting any other living beings mentally or physically. So we should not hurt any others through our thoughts, words or action

Sathya (Truth)

Sathya is Truth. So we must speak the truth and be truthful to others

Bramacharya (Non-Lusting)

Bramacharya is the act of controlling our lust ie controlling our sexual feelings

Asthaya (Non-steeling)

Asthaya means non steeling. We should not steel others properties.

Aparigreha (Non-Attachment)

Aparigraha refers to Non Attachment we must free from the attachments because desire cause pain to us and it may mislead us from our goal.

YOGA:

The word yoga means linkage or connection, it is the process of connecting our soul with god.

Yoga consists of Eight Stages. They are,

Yama

Neyama

Asana

Pranayama

Prathiyagara

Dharana

Dhiyana

Samadhi

According to Pathanjali Maharishi it is known as Ashtanga Yoga, Ashta means eight and anga means parts

So learning Asana only is not the complete yoga

To learn complete yoga we must learn and practice these eight stages of yoga.

The achievement of these stages not only depends on studying but lies in complete practice and good discipline

Hi Brothers & Sisters, this is Mahesh Kumar I'm here to explain a little about our valuable ancient Indian Art Yoga

So What Is Yoga?

Yoga is one of the path or stage of the evolution of the soul or it is one of the path to realize our soul
Well it is one of the Stage, so what are the other stages ?

The Sidhas drafted four stages on the path of the liberation of soul. They are,

Sariyai (Taatamargam)

Kiriyai (Sarputramargam)

Yogam (Sagamargam)

Jnanam (Sanmargam)

Sariyai:

Sariyai is the first stage it includes the act of cleaning the temple, decoration with flowers, lightning sacred lamps,visiting devotes of god & attending to their needs

Kiriyai:

Kiriyai includes all the ritual worship of god, five part purification, worship by pure devotion.

Yogam:

Control of the senses, Regulating breath, realizing the essence of six adharas, Kundalini chakra constitutes Yoga the third stage

Jnanam:

Wisdom from all puranas sastras and sacred texts of all external religions Constitute Janam
Jnanam is the real knowledge of god


The first two stages are commonly practiced religious  acts today. But none of us are willing to go beyond those stages.


Ill try to explain those stages with my small knowledge if any mistakes happen please forgive me