Rajah Yoga

The Rāja Yoga ( royal yoga or royal union ) is the Yoga which is exposed in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali . The term Rajah Yoga is a Rétronyme, introduced at the 15th century into the Hatha Yoga Pradipika , in order to distinguish this type of yoga of the Hatha yoga.

The Rajah Yoga is called also Ashtanga Yoga . Ashtanga means with eight branches, which reflects the eight aspects of this way. The eight branches are:

yama - Code of conduct, reserve of oneself
Niyama - religious Level: engagement with the practice, study and devotion
Āsana - Integration of the spirit and the body by the physical-activity
Pranayama - Regulation of the breathing which leads to the interation of the spirit and the body
Pratyahara - Abstraction of the directions, withdrawal of the objects of their perception
Dharana - Concentration, spirit on a point
Dhyāna - Meditation: the quiet acitvity leads to the samadhi
Samadhi - the quiet state of conscience

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