These final four limbs are a road map toward union with the divine, but each of these limbs alone provides benefits and practicing them can provide the benefits of meditation.
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In response to the fellow who thinks most people should not do yoga! . . . → Read More: My Thoughts Exactly! Svadhyaya, which means ‘study,’ has both inner and outer components. It means both self-study and self-education. In yoga tradition it is taken to mean study of God and the study of God within the individual. Many assume this indicates a very narrow scope of study. I think that since this body and this personality are connected with all . . . → Read More: Svadhyaya: Niyama of Scholars Tapas means dedication to what feeds our souls (yoga or music, nature or cooking) on a par with work, paying taxes or getting the kids to soccer practice. It also means a dedication to achieving our goals in life—including the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of a new year. . . . → Read More: Tapas: the Niyama for the New Year This time of year carries a lot of stress for many people. The cultivation of santosa can help us handle both the crazy times and the alone times. . . . → Read More: Santosa: A Holiday Niyama  Comments are closed  Life, Yoga commentary, meditation, miscellanea, nature photos, yoga  8 limbs of yoga, eight limbs of yoga, grateful, gratitude, holiday stress, life history, life story, niyama, santosa, yoga I’ve recently been introduced to a wonderful fitness magazine that has been broadening my understanding of how yoga works with the body. It’s called Experience Life. In particular I found the article about fascia enlightening. Click on the image below to read. It inspired me to look more deeply into the subject and it turns out that . . . → Read More: Fascia: Something New to Think About Niyamas are behaviors and ways of being in the world (virtues) that are valuable to cultivate within ourselves. There are five of them just as there are five yamas. The first niyama is: Saucha (purity of the body) combines the poses and breathing exercises of hatha yoga with dietary practices and keeping the body clean inside and . . . → Read More: Saucha: Clean Body, Clean Spirit Aparigraha (“You shall not hoard” or “You shall not covet”). Thanksgiving is all about non-hoarding. It is the time for sharing abundance and taking care of each other. The time for celebrating all that the universe has provided. Hoarding (could also be called coveting what one doesn’t need) shows poverty of spirit and indicates one does not . . . → Read More: Aparigraha: The Heart of Thanksgiving |
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What Get’s Us Into Yoga: Asana & Pranayama
These are the two limbs of yoga that the West attributes the most value to. They tend to forget that in yogic tradition spiritual study leads to the physical and study of the physical side leads to the spiritual!
Asana
We in the West tend to practice the asanas, or postures/exercises for purely physical reasons. We want to . . . → Read More: What Get’s Us Into Yoga: Asana & Pranayama