
Hatha Yoga - Asana / Pranayama / Vinyasa / Mudra / Bandha / Drishti
(Balancing and awakening the subtle energy through use of movement, breath, bandha (subtle energy locks), and drishti (steady physical gaze and inner focus). Helps to gradually release any tension and 'holding patterns' present in the body and mind, resulting in increased health, peace of mind, and an energetic environment most conducive to relaxing into the truth of one's Being. The effort and intention initially involved with the practice of Hatha Yoga, with proper guidance, over time becomes more and more subtle, until eventually the "practice" becomes effortless and all sense of doership ceases. It is here that Hatha Yoga meets Raja Yoga)
Raja Yoga - Meditation / 8 Limbs of Yoga
At the highest level, meditation is continuous and unbroken and the Light of the Self shines clearly from within, and from within it is also seen without. All time, space, and duality ceases. To truly have this depth of understanding one must abide in clear seeing which transcends mind, intellect, and all sense of doership. The only way to truly know It is to be It, for It is prior to the mind, It is the Original Face of all, the Primordial Self)
"To one who sees the distinction between the mind and the Self, thoughts of mind as the Self cease forever." - Sage Patanjali
Japa Yoga - Mantra Repetition
Holds an energetic space to help "unveil" the light of Consciousness.
Jnana Yoga / Advaita Vedanta - Self-Knowledge
(Not what is thought to be oneself, but rather the actual reality of what is. Clear Light and Clear Seeing which cuts through all thought, all delusion, and all ideas of a separate self. Forever resting and remaining in the Silence, Peace, and Truth of the eternal, all-pervading Self)
"Simple Being is the Self. " - Ramana Maharshi
Sanskrit Chants
Recommended
Reading:
  - “The Bhagavad Gita,” translated by Eknath Easwaran.
  - “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,” translated by Swami Satchidananda.
  - “Light on Yoga,” by B.K.S. Iyengar.
 
"The Self is hidden in the lotus of the heart.
Those who see themselves in all creatures
go day by day into the world of Brahman hidden in the heart.
Established in peace, they rise above body-consciousness
to the supreme light of the Self. "
~ From the Chandogya Upanishad ~
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