Tag Archive: yamas

Sauca (Another Perspective)

Author: Elizabeth March 10, 2010 0 Comments

My friend and Willow Street colleague Natalie Miller taught a lovely class on Monday night, using sauca as her theme. She said that she had recently read a book that described the yamas as things we do to be better… (READ MORE)

Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Meditation

bhavana, niyamas, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, sadhana, sauca, yamas

“Holiday Madness” (and the Yamas and Niyamas of Patanjali)

Author: Elizabeth November 23, 2009 1 Comment

When I googled (that should not be a verb) “holiday madness” this morning, I got one million three hundred thousand hits. Yikes! Most relevant websites are about surviving shopping, over-eating, family, and travel. Madness in such a situation is a… (READ MORE)

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Food for the Body, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc)

ahimsa, aparigraha, asteya, brahmacharya, healthy holidays, holiday madness, ishvara pranadhana, niyamas, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, santosha, satya, sauca, svadyaya, tapas, yamas