Raja yoga is the yogic science of mind and mind management. You can attain excellent health by the path of hatha yoga, and you can balance the mind through the sadhana of raja yoga.

It is not about closing the eyes and experiencing visions in meditation. Just as you empty your bowels each day for the physical health of the body, in raja yoga you also empty your mind of the debris that has accumulated during the course of living.

The practices and techniques are designed for this purpose. Raja yoga is concerned with the effort you make to understand and remove mental blocks that impede the clarity of your thinking and behaviour. To practice raja yoga, you must initially prepare the body, prana and mind with hatha yoga to come to a state of lightness and health.

For an unhealthy or stiff body, it is difficult to remain still and motionless during the practices of raja yoga.

Sages, saints and yogis across the ages to the present day state that peace and happiness exist within, not outside of you. Raja yoga is one of the most systematic methods to directly discover this eternal truth.

The practice of raja yoga imparts benefits to your life at the physical, emotional, energetic, mental and spiritual dimensions. If the mind is well managed it becomes your best friend, helping and supporting you in life to attain happiness, peace and completeness.

When unmanaged the mind has been compared to a wild, drunken monkey bitten by a scorpion. This monkey mind creates havoc in your life. Raja yoga helps to calm and pacify the monkey mind. By regulating and governing the energy of the mind, it becomes a benevolent force in your life.

Be a friend of your mind. Gently study and observe your mind – its attractions, repulsions, fears, desires, habits, dreams, aspirations – accept it, and gradually befriend it.

In this way, you begin to learn how to influence your own mental states: your intellectual ability, your feelings and sentiments, and your creativity; your head, heart and hands.

 

From the book “Raja Yoga for Everyone, Overview and Practice Capsules”, pg.25 & 43, Sw. Niranjanananda Saraswati

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Raja yoga

Raja yoga is the yogic science of mind and mind management. You can attain excellent health by the path of hatha yoga, and you can balance the mind through the sadhana of raja yoga.

It is not about closing the eyes and experiencing visions in meditation. Just as you empty your bowels each day for the physical health of the body, in raja yoga you also empty your mind of the debris that has accumulated during the course of living.

The practices and techniques are designed for this purpose. Raja yoga is concerned with the effort you make to understand and remove mental blocks that impede the clarity of your thinking and behaviour. To practice raja yoga, you must initially prepare the body, prana and mind with hatha yoga to come to a state of lightness and health.

For an unhealthy or stiff body, it is difficult to remain still and motionless during the practices of raja yoga.

Sages, saints and yogis across the ages to the present day state that peace and happiness exist within, not outside of you. Raja yoga is one of the most systematic methods to directly discover this eternal truth.

The practice of raja yoga imparts benefits to your life at the physical, emotional, energetic, mental and spiritual dimensions. If the mind is well managed it becomes your best friend, helping and supporting you in life to attain happiness, peace and completeness.

When unmanaged the mind has been compared to a wild, drunken monkey bitten by a scorpion. This monkey mind creates havoc in your life. Raja yoga helps to calm and pacify the monkey mind. By regulating and governing the energy of the mind, it becomes a benevolent force in your life.

Be a friend of your mind. Gently study and observe your mind – its attractions, repulsions, fears, desires, habits, dreams, aspirations – accept it, and gradually befriend it.

In this way, you begin to learn how to influence your own mental states: your intellectual ability, your feelings and sentiments, and your creativity; your head, heart and hands.

 

From the book “Raja Yoga for Everyone, Overview and Practice Capsules”, pg.25 & 43, Sw. Niranjanananda Saraswati