KARMA YOGA<\/strong><\/p>\nKarma yoga is the yoga of action; it teaches us the secret of work, how to work and serve selflessly without attachment, egoism and expectation of reward. It is the yoga of selfless service to society in all its aspects, family, work, school, friends. We learn to serve others with tolerance and patience, with no feeling of grudge or remorse, nor to expect thanks or gratitude or appreciation for our actions. We experience the immeasurable joy of work for work\u2019s sake, and of service to all. Acting selflessly, with the attitude of service purifies the heart, removes selfishness and prepares us for some of the higher practices of yoga.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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BHAKTI YOGA<\/strong><\/p>\nThe path of bhakti yoga or the yoga of devotion is the second of the four paths of yoga. It attracts those of a devotional nature. It is the path of channeling and transmuting our emotional nature into pure, unselfish divine love. It is love for love\u2019s sake. It destroys restlessness and distraction of the mind. Bhakti is intense devotion and supreme attachment to a higher source. Through faith, prayer, and worship we surrender to a higher power and develop unconditional love. It is the direct approach to the ideal through the heart. It opens the heart and develops the supreme virtue of humility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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RAJA YOGA<\/strong><\/p>\nRaja yoga is the practice of controlling the mind, leading to meditation and the super-conscious state. It attracts those of an analytical, scientific temperament and consists of eight limbs or steps. Based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, raja yoga outlines the process of attaining stillness of the mind. It takes us through each step from laying a firm foundation of ethical behaviour (yamas), through personal disciplining of the mind (niyamas), controlling the body and breath (asana and pranayama) control of the senses (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana) to the final step of the super-conscious state (samadhi).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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JNANA YOGA<\/strong><\/p>\nJnana yoga (the yoga of knowledge) is the intellectual approach to spiritual evolution. It demands a subtle, sharp intellect to grasp its fundamental principles. For that reason this path can only be approached once we have established a firm foundation in the other three paths. Based on the philosophy of vedanta, the science of Reality, we practise viveka, discrimination between the real and the unreal, the permanent and the impermanent and vairagya, non-attachment, desirelessness. We learn of our essential divine nature, the unity of life, the oneness of consciousness. Vedanta proclaims that we are of one pure, supreme consciousness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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