"Yama - Ethical standards OR a duty or observance recommended by yogic philosophy and teaching. Niyama - Self Disciplines OR positive duties or observances recommended for healthy living, spiritual enlightenment and liberated state of existence. Asana - Postures OR physical practice. Sanskrit term which is often translated as “posture” or “pose. Pranyama - Breath control OR breathing exercises which clear the physical and emotional obstacles in our body to free the breath and so the flow of prana - life energy. Pratyahara - Withdraw awareness of external world OR the conscious withdrawal of energy from the senses. control of the senses, moving the focus to the inside Dhyana - Meditation OR refined meditative practice that requires deep mental concentration Samadhi - Bliss and universal consciousness OR a state of consciousness where individual awareness dissolves into the great Whole"