It's a mad tea party of a world out there! Adopting the yoga lifestyle can help you manage your stress physically, intellectually and emotionally if you're willing to expand your awareness on and off the mat. Understanding the ethics of yoga and applying these yamas and niyamas is as important as your posture practice!
Yamas: Guidelines for interacting with the outer world (others)
- Ahimsa: non-violence toward self and others
- Satya: truth and honesty
- Asteya: not stealing or coveting that which is not offered to you
- Brahmacharya: moderation
- Aparigraha: greedlessness
Niyamas: Guidelines for interacting with the inner world (self)
- Saucha: cleanliness or purity internally as well as externally
- Santosha: contentment
- Tapas: discipline, inner fire
- Svadhyaya: self-observation
- Ishwara-Pranidhana: surrender to something bigger than yourself
