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Art & Science of Meditation Patanjali's Eight Stages of Yoga and Meditation
1. Yama and 2. Niyama - For improving your mental health positively & controlling your negative thoughts, emotions and behaviour. Always be positive in all your karma, so that your mental health improves thoroughly. A healthy mind is necessary for the practice of meditation.
3. Yogasan and 4. Pranayam - For improving your physical health so that you are totally physically fit and mentally fit to achieve your goal of self-realization.
5. Pratyahara means to withdraw self from external materialistic world.
We should work without expecting any positive or negative results because results are in the hands of nature. Instead of getting frustrated when we get negative results, we should detach ourselves from the results of our actions, either positive or negative. What is important is that we have done our duty sincerely and we should be satisfied with it.
Journeying From Desire To Dispassion by Pranav Khuller (The speaking Tree, The Times of India) "A central theme running through Patanjali's Yoga Sutra is that of pratyahara, that is, withdrawal of the mind from its scattered externality to interiorising it and focusing it upon the very origin of thought. And while Patanjali details several practical steps to initiate this withdrawal, like yama, niyama, svadhyaya and satsang, he emphasizes the need for
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