{"id":2678,"date":"2019-05-04T12:58:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akshiyogashala.org\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2019-05-04T12:58:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T12:58:41","slug":"essence-of-yoga-8-limbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/essence-of-yoga-8-limbs\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSENCE OF YOGA &#8211; THE 8 LIMBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Essence of yoga<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The history of Yoga dates back to time immemorial, and includes a huge body of scriptures. That scriptures navigate the human experience and how we may train the mind through the body, thereby achieving the union of \u201cYog\u201d with the all that is. So what is essence of yoga?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To witness the self as a direct expression of all that is. And without attaching to experiences, remaining free from conceptions and ideas. Whilst being spontaneously joyous, spring forth with universal knowledge both verbally and non-verbally as a direct outer of the eternal wisdom of the universal. This can become quite esoteric and difficult to comprehend. But may also be simplified when taken in the pathways of everyday practical Yoga routines available to us in real and tangible teachings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The simplest of these is arguable the Astanga 8 limbs of Yoga. Which teaches us how we may walk the path the renunciates (Yogis) do, while we are still living in the material and commercial world of modernity and stressors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.akshiyogashala.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"ESSENCE OF YOGA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-980x802.jpg 980w, https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs-480x393.jpg 480w, https:\/\/akshiyogashala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eight-limbs.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Applying teachings<\/h3>\n<p>In fact, when we take written teachings and apply them where we are, it is <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the immediate<\/span> experience. And this experience provides a learning environment and incentive to change our worldview and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">view of ourselves<\/span> in it. And thus, we achieve greater knowledge of ourselves and others, our inner and outer world. So what is essence of yoga?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ashtanga teachings include a simplification and elucidation of the core yogic path. This was created to simplify and find an accord between the varying schools of Yoga. So it can sometimes cause much confusion to the beginning practitioner or potential student. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To summarize those principles here are the core 8 limbs as recorded in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Yama (ethical restraints) 2) Niyama (personal observances) 3) Asana (physical postures) 4) Pranayama (breath control) 5) Pratyahara (sense withdrawal) 6) Dharana (concentration) 7) Dhyana (meditation) 8) Samadhi (a state of unity) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first two limbs consist of ethical and personal restraints and observances that lead us into more and more peace, thereby ensuring our practice may proceed with minimal obstructions. To go to the third step with no regard for the initial two is only going to create more challenges to your practice yielding the fruits your practice would otherwise provide. So it is best to adhere to the path of the ancient teachings in the acknowledgement that you will proceed more easily, and effectively through the path towards self realization and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moksha, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">liberation and freedom from suffering for want of a better translation from Sanskrit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are the breakdown of steps that make up the Yamas and Niyamas: <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>YAMAS (ethical restraints) <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Nonviolence (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahimsa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; doing no harm to oneself or to any living being or \u201cFrom harming <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ourselves and others to kindness and compassion for self and others\u201d. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Truthfulness (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Satya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; honesty and forthrightness without doing harm or \u201cFrom lies and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">half-truths to expressing our uniqueness and authenticity\u201d. 3) Non-stealing (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asteya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; removing the tendency to look outwards for satisfaction or <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFrom theft to cultivating new skills and abilities\u201d. 4) Non-excess (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brahmacharya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; being present to the divinity in life and not seeking more <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or \u201cFrom greed to appreciation and pleasure without excess\u201d. 5) Non-possessiveness (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aparigraha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; freedom from desire to \u201cown\u201d or \u201ckeep\u201d people, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">status and material possessions or \u201cFrom attachment to intimacy without possession\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akshiyogashala.org\/hatha-ashtanga-vinyasa-yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh\/\">200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.akshiyogashala.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download.jpg\" alt=\"ESSENCE OF YOGA\" width=\"733\" height=\"979\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>NIYAMAS (personal observances) <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Purity (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saucha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; continual clarification of our intent, thoughts, emotions and actions or <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCleansing our bodies, our speech, our thoughts\u201d. 2) Contentment (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santosha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; being at peace with the present state of awareness, internal <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and external conditions or \u201cFalling in love with our own life\u201d. 3) Self-discipline (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tapas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; maintaining the drive and motivation to embrace eternal <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">change and create balance of \u201csoft\u201d and \u201chard\u201d in ourself and practices or \u201cConsciously choosing discipline and growth\u201d. 4) Self-study (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Svadhyaya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; to study the universal and small self, to also examine the <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mind, its thoughts emotions and feelings arising in reaction to the external world, and learning the essence of our conditioned self to release this, so we may rest fully and completely in the expansive universal self and consciousness, or \u201cKnowing the Self\u201d. 5) Surrender (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ishvara Pranidhana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; to release control and embrace the progression <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along the path as being like that of a river you have entered, carrying you downstream towards the ocean of enlightenment you release the need to struggle against perceived obstacles. This is essential for regaining faith in ourselves, and the outside world, embracing change and opening the heart and mind or \u201cPaying attention to what life is asking of us\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I trust that this brief explanation of the core principles in Yogic practice makes clear what was not before, and hides you along the path to union with truth, bliss, peace and consciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Om Shanti Shanti Shanti<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Thomas Clayden Eckersley B.H.Sc<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essence of yoga The history of Yoga dates back to time immemorial, and includes a huge body of scriptures. That scriptures navigate the human experience and how we may train the mind through the body, thereby achieving the union of \u201cYog\u201d with the all that is. So what is essence of yoga? 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