So if Yoga is split up into 8 parts, what are they?

OK so here goes. I'm not sure how far this blog will go but if there is one thing I did want to go through using this medium it is Ashtanga Yoga.

Ashtanga Yoga is all of the elements of Yoga practice listed in eight principles. It is seen as a guide to practically applying Yoga to our daily life.

Ashtaanga being two words simply meaning 8 (Ashta) and tanga can be translated as limbs, principles or intertwining facets.

The most important thing to remember regarding the relationship between these 8 principles is that they are an integrated system.

What do we mean by that?

It means that Ashtanga is not a series of points to accomplish/complete then moving on to the next. Instead they interact and function interdependently as a whole.

'Within Yoga Philosophy it is said that by embracing Ashtanga Yoga, intuitive wisdom dawns and reveals our inner radiance.'

I think it's very easy to make things sound an awful lot more complicated than they need to be and a lot of the time if anything sounds too religious or flower-power hippyish it can immediately register as negative to the listener/reader.

I'll end this blog by rephrasing the quote above

Within the Yoga tradition we say that by understanding the 8 limbs and following them as much as we can. Our natural tendency towards enlightenment or knowing ourselves is encouraged therefore revealing our inner light or simply who we really are.

So the next time I will start with the first limb of Ashtanga Yoga.

Have a great day whatever you're up to:)