Yoga has 8 stages . Theses steps are not linear. The term petal is more suited to describe the 8 parts.
- Social Observances: Non-violence, honesty, non-stealing, continence, and non-hoarding
- Personal Observances: cleanliness, contentment, austerity, self-study, and surrender.
- Physical Postures
- Breath Expansion
- Withdrawal of the Senses
- Concentration
- Meditation
- Complete Absorption