What are the eight steps of Raja Yoga?
Raja Yoga, as it is classically known or more popularly called as Ashtanga Yoga – Eight-limbed Yoga – advocates eight steps or stages the human being must pass through. The first step is Yama or rules. Niyamas or restraints, asana or posture, pranayama or control of breath or the life force, pratyahara or withdrawal of senses, dharana or concentration, dhyana or meditation and samadhi or Self-realization are the other steps (Yoga Sutras Ch 2. v 29).
