ABSTRACT
Yoga compares the mind to a stormy ocean, which is agitated by sensations, perception, emotions, images, ideas and values. One of the principal goals of Yoga is to help the individual take control of oneself and one's destiny. Its aim is nothing less than the mastery of the entire person through the formation of good habits of the body, heart and mind. In order to achieve this perfection, Yoga offers a step-by-step procedure called the Ashtanga Yoga. Though the body, emotions and breathing are brought under control, the practitioner of Yoga is receiving impressions of the external world through the five sense organs. Those who regard Yoga as science believe that the content, method and results of the system are empirically based and can be tested through experience. Science utilizes the empirical method to describe and explain facts and offers predictions of their behaviour.
