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School of Yoga explains bhakti-yoga: Bhakti–yoga is the technique of transferring the sense of identity (asmitā) from ourselves to an external object such as a […]
School of Yoga explains karma-yoga: All our actions (karma) are a manifestation or our identity (asmitā). After we act, we anxiously await the result of […]
School of Yoga explains hatha-yoga and rāja-yoga Recap – The word yoga has its roots in the word yuj, meaning “to yoke”, meaning yoking of any two entities into […]
School of Yoga explains yama (response or behaviour harmony). Generally, we get stimulus from more than one source. Hence, it is rare that we are […]
School of Yoga explains – ahiṃsā or non-harming – the first aspect of yama Ahiṃsā (non-violence): To understand non-violence, one must understand violence and its relationship to […]
School of Yoga explains Truth or satya – the second yama. Mundaka-upaniṣad says, सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् […]
School of Yoga explains asteya (non-stealing), the third Yama. Asteya in yoga-sūtra is non-stealing. Stealing or theft is taking anything which does not belong to us without […]
School of Yoga explains brahmacaryam (sexual continence), the fourth yama. Sexual continence or control is the ability to control seminal discharge. However, it does not […]
School of Yoga explains aparigraha (renouncing possession), the fifth Yama: Aparigraha means “renouncing possession” or “becoming destitude”. Can you give up your mobile? Or restrict usage to 1 hour? […]
School of Yoga explains mitāhāra (controlled diet), the sixth yama. Traditional belief is that we are what we eat. Food is a major source of nutrition. […]
School of Yoga explains niyama – self control – overview. Niyama is the process of increasing our internal discipline and self-control. While yama is the process of […]
School of Yoga explains śaucam (hygiene), the first niyama Śaucam consists of bahira-śaucam (external hygiene) and āntara-śaucam (internal hygiene). School of Yoga explains bahira-śaucam or external hygiene This […]
