Most people are familiar with yoga in the sense of the physical movements. However, yoga is much broader than the mainstream classes that we might have become accustomed to. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit language and translates to “unity”. Yoga itself comes from...
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Raja yoga, also knows as Ashtanga yoga, is known to have eight limbs which is also known as the “eight-fold path”. “Ashtanga” literally means ashta=eight and anga=limb. The eight limbs are identified and described below: Yamas – our personal ethical standards and how we carry...
There are known to be 196 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. “Sutras” in Sanskrit translates to “thread” in English. I think of them as guidelines designed to help me live a peaceful life. As I read and processed the translations of Yoga Sutras in Sanskrit, the...
In many cultures, the sun hold great significance. It is the great ball of light looking down upon us all. The gravity of “light” is a reminder of light versus darkness. Light being a form of good, cleansing, hopeful and darkness a sort of grim,...