Hello, I am a yogi known as a Bhakta. Your question is most interesting. It is very important to understand what you are asking. A spectrum can be used to illustrate the differences between the myriad forms of yoga. On one end of the spectrum the yoga is mainly conerned with mental and spiritual wellbeing. On the other end, the yoga is mainly conerned with developing physical well being. Yoga originally had nothing to do with physical activity and was only about devotion to God. That is why the highest forms of yoga are not physical at all. They involve mantra. So for example, there is Hath-yoga for physical vitality, Kundalin-yoga for working with Divine energy (Shakti), and Bhakti-yoga for devotion unto God (Lord Sri Krishna). Bhakti is actually the highest form of yoga, most powerful and effective. That does not mean that other forms of yoga are not also highly effective. Man likes variet, so God made many forms of yoga! There is also Karma yoga, which empowers the practitioner to change fate and the fabric of detiny and karma itself. I strongly advise you to visit the Shakti Karma Bhakti Yoga International Society for excellent answers to this kind of question.
PKGuru
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