Patanjala Yoga (Classical Raja Yoga)
The classical eight-limbed (Ashtanga) yoga codified by Maharishi Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras.
About this parampara
Patanjala Yoga is the philosophical bedrock of the whole tradition: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras define yoga as citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ — the stilling of the mind — and lay out the eight limbs (yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna, samādhi).
It is less a "style" than the shared grammar to which nearly every lineage refers when it speaks of the path of yoga.
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This is an informational reference to Patanjala Yoga (Classical Raja Yoga), one of the classical yoga paramparas of India & the Himalayas. Inclusion here is educational and does not itself imply NOSTOPS Council empanelment. NOSTOPS — India's Teacher-First Yoga Cooperative — honours every living Guru–Shishya lineage.