Ashtanga yoga
noun
a form of hatha yoga based on patanjali’s yoga sutras and its eight stages or ‘limbs’ and involving ujjayi breathing and a swift series of poses; also called raja yoga , also written ashtanga , astanga
word origin
sanskrit ‘having eight parts’
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