Ashtanga yoga

Although the word yoga can have many meanings, we'll call it change, because now something will finally change, something we're not used to, and the conviction that life holds an immense mystery, but that it's possible to access it with simplicity of mind. Through openness to what is. Pure existence, eternal and universal, yoga reaches the human heart, whether we see it or not. Ashtanga Yoga has its origins in the Sanskrit texts expounded by the sage Patanjali, who was the first to systematize the path of classical yoga. These are the stages that structure the logical progression through which the practitioner passes before reaching the state of yoga. The first five limbs (external support) are the foundations of the last 3 (internal practice).The first two limbs, Yama & Niyama, are crucial, and are often the most neglected. Without them, the practice is meaningless, and doesn't allow for the process that yoga is supposed to bring about - an upward inner transformation.