Siyini isitho sesithathu se-yoga?
Context:i-sanas yavela eNdiya. Kuma-Yoga Sutras akhe, uPatanjali (c. Ikhulu lesi-2 kuya kwelesi-4 CE) ichaza umkhuba we-asana njengokwesithathu kwezitho eziyisishiyagalombili (Sanskrit: अष्टाङ्ग, aṣṭāṅga, kusuka ku- अष्ट् aṣṭ, ayisishiyagalombili, ne- अङ्ग aṅga, isitho) se-classical, noma i-raja yoga.
Ingxenye yesithathu ye-yoga yaziwa ngokuthi i-asana. Lokhu kubhekisela ekuzivivinyeni ngokwenyama kwe-yoga, noma izikhundla ze-yoga. Ngokubeka umzimba ezimweni ezinzima uthola izinzuzo eziningana eziyinhloko. Eyokuqala iwukuthi usiza umzimba wakho ukuba uphulukise ubuhlungu. Uma ufuna ukuzindla futhi usebenzele ekwelapheni ingqondo yakho, kudingeka uqale welaphe umzimba wakho. Kungenjalo ingqondo yakho ephazamiseka kalula iyogxila ebuhlungwini bomzimba wakho uma uqhathanisa nobuhlungu obungokwengqondo yakho. Okwesibili, ukuzibophezela ku-Asana kuyokufundisa isiyalo ingqondo yakho edinga ukusilapha. Lapho singena ezimweni ezingemnandi, ngokuvamile kuvela imicabango emibi engqondweni. Ukungena esimweni esingesihle empeleni kuba ithuba lokufunda ingqondo nokushintsha izindlela zokusabela.