There are many different forms of Yoga: Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga are all well known forms of Yoga, but there are many more.
Hatha yoga is the physical yoga, 'ha' means sun, representing our soul 'tha' means moon, representing the cosmic consciousness, various different asanas will affect different astral bodies.
According to Wikipedia, “Karma yoga, or the "discipline of action" is one of the four pillars of yoga, Karma yoga focuses on the adherence to duty (dharma) while remaining detached from the reward. It states that one can attain Moksha (salvation) by doing his duties in an unselfish manner.” Whenever you do any kind of community work, or volunteer work, that is considered Karma yoga.
Raja Yoga is different and involves psycho-physical meditation techniques to attain experiences of the truth and finally achieve liberation.
Bhakti yoga is the Hindu term for the spiritual practice of fostering of loving devotion to God, called bhakti. Bhakti yoga is generally considered the easiest of the four general paths to liberation, or moksha.
Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". To say, "I am Brahman, the pure, all-pervading Consciousness, the non-enjoyer, non-doer and silent witness," is jnana. To behold the one Self everywhere is jnana.
As you can see, we all need to practice different forms of yoga in order to reach liberation, these are just different roads to reach the SELF, staying in any one form of yoga will not get you there!
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