A woman doing a yoga pose

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The Yoga Sutra explains that yoga consists of 8 steps, and in the West it is more common to begin the discipline of the practice through the body. The 8 steps are: Yama (moral rules), Niyama (personal rules), Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing), Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi (enlightened state).