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Patanjali

Tapas – Discipline

April 5, 2009

Yoga encourages tapas which is literally translated as heat / fire. This Niyama is known to refer to discipline. The word discipline has a negative …

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Ishwara Pranidhana

February 5, 2009

Ishwara is understood as being beyond one form yet expressed through all forms. Pranidhana means surrendering, dedicating or devotion. Thus, Ishwara …

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Saucha – Purity

January 5, 2009

Saucha has been translated as purity; purity of the body and mind. Yogis are encouraged to keep the body pure and clean, watch what they eat and …

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Svadyaya – Study of the Self (Mind)

December 5, 2008

Adyaya means study and sva means self. Svadyaya can be considered as both the understanding of the Self by asking the question “who am I” and also …

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Svadyaya – Study of the Self

November 5, 2008

Self study in yoga is not about finding reasons for the way we are. It is not about digging into the past and finding out all the whys. This would be …

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Asteya – Non Stealing

November 5, 2008

Asteya by definition means not stealing, not taking what is not rightfully ours. As in Yoga, these practices are for us to purify ourselves or …

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Brahmacharya – Moving Towards The Absolute

September 5, 2008

Brahmacharya is made of Brahma and charya. Brahma means the absolute, the eternal, the never born, charya "to live" or "to move towards". Thus …

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Aparigraha – Non Possessivenss, Poverty

August 5, 2008

When you are born, you are naked, possessing nothing and, when you die, again you are empty of all possession. But somehow, ironically, during our …

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Santosha – Contentment

January 5, 2008

In Yoga we are taught to cultivate santosha translated as contentment or happiness. My personal experience of this practice shows me that one of the …

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Sathya – Truthfuness

November 5, 2007

Yoga teaches truthfulness (Sathya).This truthfulness can be manifested in our attitude towards others and our inner attitude with ourselves. When it …

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