Hatha Yoga 

Hatha (literally "sun-moon") represents opposing energies: hot and cold, male and female, positive and negative. Hatha yoga attempts to balance mind and body via physical postures or "asanas", purification practices, controlled breathing, relaxation, and meditation. 

Asanas are practiced to improve the body's physical health and clear the mind in preparation for meditation and the pursuit of enlightenment. Different asanas are recommended by practitioners to cure or prevent problems ranging from constipation to cancer. Hatha yoga is known to reduce stress and other mental worries.

The Eight Limbs of Pantajali's Astanga yoga

1. Yama (The five abstentions): non-violence, non-lying, non-covetousness, non-sensuality, and non-possessiveness
2. Niyama (The five observances): purity, contentment, austerity, study, and surrender
3. Asana: Literally means seat; refers to the seated position used for meditation.
4. Pranayama (Suspending Breath): Prāna, breath, "āyāma", to restrain or stop. Also interpreted as control of the life force, prana.
5. Pratyahara (Abstraction): Withdrawal of the sense organs from external objects.
6. Dharana (Concentration): Fixing the attention on a single object.
7. Dhyana (Meditation): Intense contemplation of the nature of the object of meditation.
8. Samādhi (Liberation): merging consciousness with the object of meditation.

Affirmations from Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater

• I commit to living my life fully in this moment.  
• This moment is the perfect moment to let go. 
• I am choosing to let go of my self-judgement now. 
• I have the courage to act from my heart and the compassion to stay open. 
• I have compassion for myself. I have compassion for others.