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Niyamas

Niyamas. Evolution toward harmony. • Shaucha or purity, • Santosha or contentment, • Tapa or austerity, • Swadhyaya or self-education and • Ishwar-Pranidhan or meditation on the Divine. Shaucha or purity,. external and internal purity Impurities affect the mind

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Niyamas

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  1. Niyamas Evolution toward harmony

  2. • Shaucha or purity,• Santosha or contentment,• Tapa or austerity,• Swadhyaya or self-education and• Ishwar-Pranidhan or meditation on the Divine

  3. Shaucha or purity, • external and internal purity • Impurities affect the mind • foods, thoughts, people and activities may be impure • Shaucha is not rule but commonsense

  4. Santosha or contentment • Willingness to enjoy what each day brings • Embrace also difficult moments • Accept things around us as we cannot change them

  5. Tapa or austerity • “tap” means “to burn” • Intense commitment to burn off distractions that prevent us from true connection to Yoga – the Universe

  6. Svadhyaya or self-education • "sva" or Self (soul, atman, or higher self); "dhy," related to the word "dhyana" which means meditation; • "ya," a suffix that invokes an active quality. • Taken as a whole, svadhyaya means "actively meditating on or studying the nature of the Self."

  7. Svadhyaya or self-education • Remembering to be aware of the true nature of self

  8. Ishwar-Pranidhan or meditation on the Divine • Giving up of our ego • That we “know best”

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