Namaste, Wish you all a very happy new year. Hope your yoga practice is going well and you are looking forward to taking it to next level this year. Yoga practice typically is equated to Yoga Asanas by many folks. However, Patanjali beautifully describes how a typical (Raja) yoga practice can influence other streams of yoga - Karma yoga, Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga - in a positive and profound way. Patanjali Yoga Sutras is predominantly a Raja Yoga text. It focuses on the study of mind and how to take our mind to deepest levels of concentration and refinement. Though Patanjali describes the concept of Ashtanga Yoga (Eight limbs) in detail to reach this highest state of mind, he also describes a concept called ‘Kriya Yoga’, or Yoga of Action, in the second chapter (Sadhana Pada). Patanjali says in 2.1: “ tapaḥ svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ” तपः स्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः తపః స్వాధ్యాయేశ్వరప్రణిధానాని క్రియాయోగః த...
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