Where did the eight limbs of yoga come from?!
Question: Where did the eight limbs of yoga come from.?
Answers:
As I understand it, Patanjali distilled the 'best' yoga practices into the eight limbs*, presenting them in the treatise/text The Yoga Sutras.
* known as Astanga (ash=eight; tanga=branches), or, Eight-fold path.
This should not be confused with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois' system of Hatha yoga sometimes distinguished as Astanga Vinyasa)
I hope 'rhwyogi' responds to this question also. He will no doubt be able to answer in greater depth/experience.
Namaste',
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* known as Astanga (ash=eight; tanga=branches), or, Eight-fold path.
This should not be confused with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois' system of Hatha yoga sometimes distinguished as Astanga Vinyasa)
I hope 'rhwyogi' responds to this question also. He will no doubt be able to answer in greater depth/experience.
Namaste',
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