Yoga and Meditation

Yoga and Meditation

Introduction to Yoga

Types of Yoga: Essentially the yogi will choose according to his temperament to follow of the yoga paths. All three in combination or not, may lead the yogi to obtaining the union between individual and cosmic consciousness:

• Bhakti Yoga: The path of pure spiritual devotion, love and surrender.
  
  
• Gyana Yoga: Also called Gyana, it is the path of right knowledge, reaching the ultimate truth through cessation of mental modifications by negation.
  
  
• Karma Yoga: The path of selfless action.

There are many other yoga traditions such as:

• Tantra Yoga
  
  
• Ashtanga Yoga
  
  
• Mantra Yoga
  
  
• Hatha Yoga
  
  
• Laya Yoga(Kundalini Yoga)
  
  
• Raja Yoga