Av Alexander Medin

Ashtanga yoga is the name of the dynamic style of yoga popularized by Srî K. Pattabhi Jois. It is also the name of the eightfold path of yoga as systematized by sage Patanjali.  Now what do the two have in common? Do they actually coalesce at all, apart from the word? The earlier association with the name is renowned for its rigorous physical practice and the later is associated with the standard definitions of yoga and how the final goal of Samådhi eventually may be reached. The earlier focuses primarily on physical postures and the later is the science on how to still the fluctuations of the mind, eventually transform it and then absorb the mind in the inmost essence of the self.