C’est un système philosophique composé également de pratiques qui a pour but de faire découvrir au pratiquant sa vraie nature, qui il est réellement au-delà du corps physique. Ce système est exposé en détails dans un texte appelé les sutras du Yoga de Patanjali, qui est l’un des textes de référence du Yoga. Le mot …
Within the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga we find the restraints of Truth and Non-Stealing. We all probably feel we are truthful and that we do not steal, right?! Hmmm, on closer inspection we may be ‘truthful’ enough to see where we let these virtues slide at varying degrees. Justification is one means we use to …
From Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtra YAMA Restraint ~ Precepts of how to live in the world The first of the 8 limbs is called yama, which concerns our behaviour and attitude towards things and people outside ourselves. Within “Yama” there are 5 behaviour patterns or disciplines. Ahimsā The first of these disciplines is called Ahimsā, which …