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THE 9 SYSTEMS OF YOGA OR PHASES

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For all practical purposes, a study of all the processes of Yoga seems to be most important in the beginning.

A general knowledge should be had so that one, under the guidance of his or her Guru, may delve more deeply into the one most suitable for him. In this way the student will be sure of success.

It's impossible to develop all of them to the same degree, but what usually happens to those that are rightly guided along the path, is that they will all lead the aspirant to his chosen path of study.

There are two major Yogas, which at one time or another, all the others merge, and even these two, which start out from different ends of the scale, meet to form the most perfect of unions.

These two are Gnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga. There are two others which are sub-studies and Incorporated in the first two. These are Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga. The other five, which will are listed below, are the lesser Yogas.

These four Yogas then, are the main stems of the Yogic way of life. Without going into too much detail, all the Yogas are enmeshed with one another. It is like an unbroken chain of beads, with the four largest being at the center.

Here then, are the nine Yogas in their proper order. By that is meant, they are directly coupled to the nine chakras in the body. I state here 'in the body' because there Is only one body which is made up of the physical, astral and causal bodies, and these chakras have an orderly place existing in all three. See the diagram below.

1. Hatha Yoga

2. Gnana Yoga

3. Prana Yoga

4. Karma Yoga

5. Raja Yoga

6. Mudra Yoga

7. Bhakti Yoga

8. Laya Yoga

9. Kriya Yoga
   
   

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