"What are Eight Kinds of Yoga ?.

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(1). The Raja Yoga of Divine Saint Patanjali. (2). The Karma and Buddhi Yogas of ord Shri Krishna. (!).The "nana #oga of Divine Saint Shan$ra%har#a. (&). The 'atha Yoga. ((). The a#a Yoga. ()). The Kri#a Yoga. (*). The Bha$ti Yoga. (+). The ,antra Yoga.-So. KR/Y0 Y120S should 3e %onsidered as a ,ethod of 04a$ening . not as a ,ethod leading to 05T16 0nal#sis.-'o4 does the Su3tle Pro%ess of 0uto6 Suggestion hel7s to o7en the su3tle 7arts of the Brain. ,ind 8 %hitta (mind stuff. 7s#%he)that are not fun%tioning in most of the 7eo7le of 5niverse 9.-2uru Tatt4a had nothing against '#7nosis. self 6 '#7nosis or 0uto 6 Suggestion. 3ut %ertainl# the effe%ts of KR/Y0 6 Y120 %annot 3e 7ut into that 3as$et. for one sim7le reason.-The Kri#a Yoga a77ears to involve a fair amount of 0uto 6 Suggestion and /magination. The Pro%ess leads to state of Self 6 '#7nosis. a method no4 4idel# used in the :estern :orld to %ontrol P#%hosomati% illnesses li$e Bron%hial 0sthama 8 so forth. various t#7es of Pho3ias. and even to %ure 3ad ha3its li$e smo$ing and eating so mu%h8 so forth.-/n 0uto 6 '#7nosis. the 3rain. mind 8 %hitta 4aves 4or$ on the 0 P'0 P0TT;R<. 4hereas in Kri#a Yoga the# 4or$ on Theta and Beta 7atterns.-:hen #ou do an# 7ra%ti%e 4hi%h has the elements of 0uto6 Suggestion. the 3rain 4aves sho4 an /ntensit# of 0l7ha 8 =inall# Delta 7atterns. :hen #ou go into dee7 Slee7. the <ervous s#stem and the 3od# are a%ting on a different t#7e of meta3olism and a different effe%t is ta$ing 7la%e in the 7h#si%al 3od#.-There is nothing 4rong in these methods . 3e%ause 7eo7le do need '#7nosis and 0uto Suggestions to im7rove their 'a3its. to give smo$ing and man# other things i.e. mental tenden%ies. and there are elements in Raja Yoga > Yama. <ir#ama. 0sana. Prana#ama 8 Prath#hara. 4hen #ou 4ithdra4 the senses?2uru Tatt4a 4ould even use the 4ord -'#7nosis 2uru Tatt4a dis not mind. 3e%ause the 4ord -'YP<1S;S- in 2ree$ used for Slee7. and naturall# in slee7 %onditions the Delta 4aves are there. not Theta 8 Beta 4aves. %ertainl# not @.-'o4ever . 4hen #ou Pra%ti%e Kri#a Yoga . #ou are not dulling #our senses. You are not ma$ing #our senses retire or relaA. You are not influen%ing #our s#m7atheti%. 7aras#m7atheti% or %entral nervous s#stems. . neither /da. Pingala nor Sushumana.-The a4a$ening of Susuhumna is the major fa%tor related to Kri#a Yoga. /da. Pingala are the t4o nervous s#stem in Yoga 8 ,editation. 4hi%h %an 3e understood in the %onteAt of the S#m7atheti% and Paras#m7atheti% nervous s#stem. one %ontrolling the -K0R,;<DRY0- ( the motor 1rgans). the other %ontrolling the -2Y0<;<DRY0 (the sense organs). Then there is the third major <adi. 4hi%h is %alled Sushumna <adi. 04a$ening of Sushumna is the a4a$ening of the Bentral <ervous s#stem. :hen the Bentral <ervous S#stem 3egins to o7erator. the <aturall# the Brain. ,ind 8 Bhitta 3egins to fun%tion =ull#.-