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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 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 • foods, thoughts, people and activities may be impure • Shaucha is not rule but commonsense
Santosha or contentment • Willingness to enjoy what each day brings • Embrace also difficult moments • Accept things around us as we cannot change them
Tapa or austerity • “tap” means “to burn” • Intense commitment to burn off distractions that prevent us from true connection to Yoga – the Universe
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."
Svadhyaya or self-education • Remembering to be aware of the true nature of self
Ishwar-Pranidhan or meditation on the Divine • Giving up of our ego • That we “know best”