The various yogasystems

Yoga is a generic term for a multitude of Sadhanas.

The most known Yogadirections are the

• Hatha Yoga and the
• Ashtanga Yoga (Raja-Yoga) of Patanjali.

Well known Yoga scools are

• Kriya-Yoga
• Japa -Yoga ( Mantra - Repetition)
• Sivananda - Yoga^[1]
• Nada-Yoga (Wiki)
• Surad Shabda Yoga - a variant of the Nada-Yoga
• Pranava Yoga with Om- Meditation (Praṣna - Upanishad 5:1,5,7)
• Siddha Yoga (So-Ham ; Shivo-ham; Om Namah Shivaya ; Guru-Gita)
• Purna-Yoga of Sri Aurobindo
• Kundalini-Yoga and the higher
• Laya-Yoga
• Dreamyoga - and the Lucid dream
• Tao Yoga : Meditations and Qigong^[2]
• Meditation-Yoga as in daoist meditation and in Chan- and Zen-meditation
• Japa-Yoga with Japa - Meditation
• Jnana-Yoga

and  the less exercise-oriented  Bhakti-Yoga and Karma-Yoga, which also the Bhagavad Gita mentiones.

Tantric buddhism has further the tibetan Yantra - Yoga (Trul khor) and  Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga.

== References ==

== Literature ==

• A systematic course on the ancent tantric techniques of Yoga and Kriya, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, 2008 – ISBN: 9788185787084 – Verlag: Yoga Publications Trust
• Kundalini - Tantra by Swami Saraswati, ISBN: 9788185787152

== Weblinks ==

• The Heart and Soul of Spiritual Practice  by Swami Krishnananda
• Sri Aurobindo : Letters on yoga (PDF-1) (PDF-2) (PDF-3)(PDF-4)

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