Join Jennifer Dixon and Merrit Malouf Plumb for a tip toe into the world of the Yamas and Niyamas.

The yamas and niyamas are the first two limbs of the Astanga yoga lineage and offer yogis guidelines by which to live.

Although these do call for restraint, it is not in an effort to keep us from happiness, rather the restraints are there to help us continue to live morally.

There are 5 yamas and 5 niyamas. For a lot of this discussion, we used the book, The Yamas and Niyamas Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice by Deborah Adele. if you would like a link to this book, go here: https://amzn.to/2NR9ei1  (this is an amazon affiliate link FYI).

In today's discussion we tiptoe into all 10 of these guidelines and over the course of the next 10 weeks, we will dive into each in more depth.

The 5 Yamas are:

1) Ahimsa - Non-violence

2) Satya - Truthfullness

3) Asteya - Non-stealing

4) Brahmacharya - Non-excess

5) Aparigraha - Non-possessiveness

The 5 Niyamas are:

1) Saucha - Purity

2) Santosha - Contentment

3) Tapas - Self Discipline

4) Svadhyaya - Self Study

5) Ishvara Pranidhana - Surrender

Each week, we will dive a little further into each of these concepts and we'd love to start a conversation! 

Have you ever studied the Yamas and Niyamas? What do you think about these guidelines? Be sure to drop us a comment down below-we'd love to know what you think or if you have any questions.

If you would like to watch this episode go over to our youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/H8t819RmZtI

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