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The Four Paths of Yoga According to Kumar Vihaan Yoga Teacher

1. Karma Yoga: Karma yoga is now not an alternate of obligation or selfless service. For each role in our life (wife, daughter, sisters, colleague, teachers etc.), we have corresponding obligations to fulfill we need to function every of our responsibilities to the high-quality of our capabilities besides waiting for any understanding or more reward. It is also vital that we introspect to decide what our duties are in lifestyles and in any state of affairs we should assume about the excellent way to fulfill that duty. In yoga, the hierarchy of responsibilities is:

1. Duty towards yourself.

2. Duty toward family (parents, partner, children), this consists of incomes a livelihood)

3. Duty in the direction of society - By appearing out of duty, as an alternative than out of likes and dislikes and out of expectations for returns ( monetary), appreciation, status, etc.) Our ego receives decreased and ego is our biggest hurdle on the route of self development.


2. Bhakti Yoga: This is a route of devotion to some thing greater than your self (a master, a duty, an idea, etc.) to which you totally surrender yourself. By accepting that there is someone/something highest quality to you, you recognize that you have a long way to go, which helps to reduces your ego. Bhakti Yoga entails the manner of connecting to the divine, which can encompass mantras and chanting (which opens the coronary heart and helps let go of preconceived ideas) as staying in accordance with the laws of god devotional prayers and practices, etc.

3. Gyan Yoga (Jnana Yoga): In this path we acquire expertise from a variety of different, credible sources and then put it in practice. It can be accomplished thru reading, classes, lectures, in search of the business enterprise of sensible peoples etc. We use our mind (i.e. energy to analyze) to grow. Knowledge improves our awareness, whilst extra sources create increased clarity. However, if we are not ready, we might not be capable to distinguish between actual and untrue. It is advocated that we get a entire overview of real philosophical information now not simply bits and pieces) before taking a decision about how to understand true vs. unfaithful and what to put into practice.

4. Raja Yoga: Literally this ability Yoga of the king (with the king being the mind). This type of yoga is about controlling the mind to urge from stage 0 to 7, (i.e. taming the king) Raj Yoga is like an umbrella with many practices protected beneath it.

Its foremost exercise is HATHA YOGA (balancing sun and moon electricity in the body or forcefully using body to manage the mind) Hatha Yoga is compressed of 5 practices:

1. Asanas (steady, blissful posture)

2. Pranayama (regulation/ control/manipulation of crucial energy)

3. Bandhas (locks, tightening of certain body parts to manipulate as channelize energy)

4. Mudras (gestures that manipulate energies associated with 5 elements)

5. Kriyas (actions for cleansing of bodily toxins so power can flow better)

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