d a level of peace and harmony in an otherwise chaotic world.Modern day practices of Yoga are usually practiced in classes. One should wear comfortable clothing, bare feet, and you need a floor mat. Each session usually begins with slow deep breaths and relaxing breathing exercises. After the breathing, the teacher will move on to different Yoga postures. Some postures are usual stretches such as touching your toes. Others, however, are awkward and confusing and will take practice to get better at them. While doing the postures, slow movement is important to maintain the harmony of the exercise and breathing techniques also remain important through out. The goal of a Yoga exercise session is to stretch each muscle group of the body while squeezing your internal organs and focusing on deep breathing. There are many different variations of Yoga methods. The Yoga Sutra is the oldest form of Yoga from India and mainly focuses on meditation and a system of values. Others include Iyengars Yoga, which gives attention to ones individual body shape in doing the exercises, and Yoga Swami Svatmarama, which looks at ones life as a whole and uses Yoga as a structure in everyday life and beliefs. In my research, I became fascinated by the teachings of Patanjali and his Yoga Sutras so I decided to make that the main focus of my paper.Yoga Sutras is the oldest written text on Yoga by the Indian philosopher, Patanjali, in the second century BC. It consisted of 185 proverbs of practicing Yoga. In Indian thought, everything is a part of the Universal Spirit (Paramatma) of which makes the human spirit (jivatma). Yoga is the joining of the human spirit to be in communion with God. The goal is to feel freedom in ones spirit in the world of nature. This type of Yoga is mostly psychological rather than physical.There are eight parts to the psychological beliefs of Yoga Sutras. The first is restraint. Restraint teaches nonviolence, truthfulness, to not stea...
