Who and/or What makes up the roots of Yoga? Ten points!?

Answer:
The yoga of India is traditionally thought to have originated with the sage Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutra. The discipline consisted of what he called eight limbs, which were the following:1.Yama: Five ethical guidelines regarding moral behavior towards others:Ahimsa: NonviolenceSatya: TruthfulnessAsteya: NonstealingBrahmacharya: NonlustAparigraha: Noncovetousness2. Niyama: Five ethical guidelines regarding moral behavior towards oneself:Saucha: CleanlinessSantosa: ContentmentTapas: Sustained PracticeSvadhyaya: Self StudyIsvara pranidhana: Surrender to God
3. Asana: Practice of yoga postures.
4. Pranayama: Practice of breathing exercises.
5. Pratyahara: Withdrawal of the senses, meaning that the exterior world is not a distraction from the interior world within oneself.
6. Dharana: Concentration, meaning the ability to focus on something uninterrupted by external or internal distractions.
7. Dhyana: Meditation. Building upon Dharana, the concentration is no longer focused on a single thing but is all encompassing.
8. Samadhi: Bliss. Building upon Dhyana, the transcendence of the self through meditation. The merging of the self with the universe. Sometimes translated as enlightenment.In traditional yoga it is also essential to have a guru, and to have renounced worldly life. What usually goes under the name Yoga in the west is not yoga at all, even when it seems relatively "spiritual" and serious. Actually, it would be pretty much impossible for most people today to practice.

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