Patanjali is the author of the Yoga Sutras, the most revered to and sacred text written sometime in the third century before Christ, Patanjali describes the yoga philosophy in a series of 196 aphorisms.

Patanjali clearly describes 8 steps that you can follow so you can live in harmony.

All the limbs are connected and will help you to experience the ultimate truth.

The 8 limbs consists of the following:

• Yamas and Niyamas : These are 10 ethical precepts that allow us to be at peace with ourselves, family and community.
• Asanas : These are yoga postures, they help us to keep our body strong, flexible and relaxed.
• Pranayama : breathing practices, they help us to move prana, life force.
• Pratyahara : Drawing of ones attention to silence rather than towards things.
• Dharana : Focussing attention and cultivating inner perceptual awareness.
• Dhyana : Sustaining awareness under all conditions.
• Samadi : return of the mind into original silence.

Soon I’ll describe the Yamas and Niyamas.