With the help of Krishnamacharya, Pattabhi Jois translated the Ashtanga yoga series. The Ashtanga yoga series originally consisted of six posture sequences. Pattabhi Jois’s Ashtanga yoga style is a hatha yoga that emphasizes breath control, and postures. To distinguish between Ashtanga yoga and Patanjali’s eightfold system, some people refer to this practice as Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga.Yoga is a means of increasing awareness of the deeper, inner elements of ourselves. Ashtanga yoga ignites the soul’s fire. It awakens the untapped force of life energy that is inside each of us. The vinyasa system involves synchronizing movement with deep, rhythmic breathing.