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Raja Yoga is classified as one of the four traditional branches of yoga under the Vedic system. It is a graduated system of yoga which takes the student through the necessary levels of physical, mental and psychic preparations to the highest state of Self-Awareness.
Raja means “highest”, and is also the sanskrit word for “king”. Thus Raja Yoga is “the Highest Yoga”, whose practices are primarily concerned with the mind. The mind is traditionally conceived as the "king" of the psycho-physical structure. Because of the relationship between the mind and the body, the body must be first "tamed" through self-discipline and purified by various means. Thus, Raja Yoga is also referred to as “Royal Yoga”, or the “King of Yogas”.
The term Raja Yoga is often used synonymously with the Classical Ashtanga Yogaof Patanjali, though within the field of Raja Yoga, many other of the schools of yoga are also considered to reside, all geared toward fusion of the being with the greater Macrocosm. This includes, among others, the Tantric Yoga schools of Yoga, as well as Kundalini Yoga, Mantra Yoga and Yantra Yoga.
Source: International Yogalayam, http://www.intl-yoga.com
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