The eight stages of yoga practice, namely “precepts, meditation, postures, breath control, sensation control, concentration, meditation, and meditation,” are described, and some difficult to understand stages are described. This article will further elaborate on the connotation and correlation of these eight stages to deepen everyone’s understanding..
The precepts and internal control of yoga practitioners control their emotions and passions, enabling them to coexist harmoniously with their peers. Postures help yoga practitioners maintain physical health and strength, and coexist harmoniously with nature. The ultimate practitioner of yoga will be liberated from the consciousness of the body, able to conquer their own body and tame it into the best carrier of the soul. So, the initial three stages are called the “outward exploration stage”..
Breath control and sensation control allow yoga practitioners to control their own breathing, thereby also controlling their own mind. This helps to liberate the senses from the bondage of desire, so these two stages of yoga practice are called the “inward exploration stage”..
3、 Exploring the deepest stage of the soul – focus, meditation, and concentration.
Concentration, meditation, and concentration take yoga practitioners into the most secluded part of their soul. Yoga practitioners do not seek God from heaven, they know that God is within them, that is, their inner true self. The last three stages help him maintain harmony with himself and his creator. These stages are called the “exploration stage towards the deepest part of the soul.”..
In “The Light of Yoga,” it is said that “through profound meditation, the one who knows, the one who knows, the one who knows, and the one who is seen become one, the one who watches, the one who watches, and the one who is watched become inseparable from each other. This is like a musician becoming one with his instruments and the music he plays. Then, the yogi will be in his own nature and awaken to his true self, that is, the supreme oversoul residing within.”. This is a description of the final state of the eight stages of yoga..