Yoga Primer

A Youthful Primer About Hinduism’s Eight Limbed System of Meditation and Spiritual Striving

Todays popular concept of yoga equates it with hatha yoga and the practice of the hatha yoga asanas, or postures. Many who practice such yoga do so solely for health benefits. However, others pursue yoga, in a deeper sense, in hopes of reaping the spiritual benefits it offers. It is to these spiritual seekers who have higher consciousness as the goal of their yoga that this Educational Insight is directed. Here we describe the path called raja yoga, the regal (raja) means to enlightenment, a classical, meditative system that is one among the numerous yogas practiced in Hinduism.