2.37 pratisthayam sarva ratna upasthanam When non-stealing (asteya) is established all jewels, or treasures, present themselves, or are available to the Yogi. The third Yama (the first step in Yoga) is Asteya, or non-stealing. Clearly if you are a good person you do not steal from others, but what defines stealing? If you use a quote you have heard as your own,
The next step within the first limb of Yoga is Satya, or truthfulness. “Satya brings whatever is willed: For one who increasingly practices honesty or truthfulness in actions, speech, and thoughts, his or her will is naturally fulfilled.” Swami Jnaneshvara I consider myself to be an extremely, often bluntly, honest person which can come across as being tactless or even
According to the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, one of the first steps in Yoga is being a decent human being and living in harmony with those around you. I believe we are all good at our core, however the stressors of life will inevitably make us do and say things which go against this innate goodness. When we come to
Western Yoga has been bastardised. I know how this sounds, as I am a Yoga teacher, and am guilty of teaching classes in the past which have been mostly about getting strong and lean. But thank Christ I saw the light. When looking on social media (#instayogis) you would think that to be a Yoga teacher you need big tits,
This morning I went to my very first ever ‘Mysore’ class. It is safe to say I am hooked. I have been wondering, waiting, willing myself to go for so long and it wasn’t until a change in the timetable at one of my favourite yoga studio’s forced me to do it, that I finally took the plunge. For any
