Yoga Yoga is an ancient Indian body of knowledge that dates back more than 5000 years ago. The word „Yoga" is derived from the Sanskrit word „yuj". Yuj means „to unite“ or „to integrate." Integration is meant as being the union of a person's consciousness and the universal consciousness. The objective of Yoga is to bring a person in harmony with himself and the environment. It helps to integrate the body, the mind, and the spirit by balancing emotion, action, and rational intelligence. There are many different ways and kinds of Yoga helping to achieve this state, below we decribe six main Yoga branches: Hatha Yoga Hatha Yoga is the most popular kind of Yoga, at least in the Western countries. The focus of Hatha is very much physical, with techniques such as Asana, breathing (Pranayama), and Meditation. The goal of Hatha is to achieve better health as well as spirituality leading to a peaceful mind and a healthy body. Bhakti Yoga What Hatha Yoga is in the West concerning popularity, Bhakti Yoga is in India. It is the Yoga path of the heart and devotion. The focus here is the ‚One’, the unity and divine of everybody and everything, filling life with love and acceptance. Raja Yoga Raja Yoga has a stronger religous and spiritual touch. The self-understanding of Raja is being the King of Yoga. Its focus is the self and it is very much focussed on discipline. Jnana Yoga Jnana Yoga deals with the mind and the intelligence. It is very much about wisdom and the intellect and thereby open to other philosophies and religions. Karma Yoga Karma Yoga is a path, that relates a persons present situation to past actions. Following the Karma path means focussing on doing good to change ones soul towards a better destiny. Tantra Yoga Tantra Yoga i soften misinterpreted in the Western world. Although the body and also sex play a role in Tantra yoga its aim is to find out what is sacred in the things we do. Purity, humility and devotion are further attributes related to this Yoga path.