Many of us see nonviolence as related to physical violence and while that is also true, there are many more subtle ways to express violence. In this dharma chat we discuss some other ways we can look at living a more nonviolent life with breath and meditation.

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Welcome to the 8 Limbs of Yoga and {Y}integration! These practices dive deeper into the basic tenets and philosophical underpinnings of yoga as a journey or pathway to enlightenment.

Here we begin with the first step which includes the 10 basic tenets to live by - the Yamas (how we engage wit...

Ahimsa is the first Yama in the Yamas and Niyamas in the 8 fold path of yoga. The Yamas are the basic tenets for our relationships with the world and this first Yama is the guide post for all that follow. This Yama is often interpreted as nonviolence or non-harming and can include refraining fr...

Satya, truthfulness, is the 2nd of the Yamas in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras pertaining to the 8 Limbs of Yoga. Satya is intertwined with Ahimsa (nonharming) and the two together are inseparable when it comes to connecting to and interacting with the world. Satya asks us to be honest, truthful, auth...

Welcome to our second Yama of the 8 Limbs of Yoga! Today we are working with Truthfulness or Honesty - Satya. Satya is living your truth, being authentic, living in alignment with your values and being/showing/acting with honesty. It means being authentic every single day - and being honest wi...

Satya - our second Yama asks us to explore honesty, truthfulness, authenticity in our lives. In this practice we ask the question, What Is True Here Now? as it applies to our practice, our thoughts, our emotions, and our actions. Reminding us to be fully present in this moment to bring more "tr...

Asteya is often translated as nonstealing and can be interpreted several ways. While it can mean not taking from others, it can also mean generosity, non-comparison, living in abundance, giving back, not taking more than you need and more. Join me as we dive deeper into "asteya" through meditat...

In Patanjali's 8 Limbs Pathway, Yama #3 is Asteya or nonstealing. While many of us see this as not taking something from another (definitely true for this Yama), there is so much more here. Not taking from another's time, energy, spirit; not taking from yourself, not taking from the earth, not ...

No matter how grounding we feel or how true to ourselves we are, we will find a point when we will compare ourselves to someone else. In this practice we are letting go of comparison, moving our bodies and honoring where we are at in this moment, connecting to our Root Chakra for support and gro...

Exploring the many interpretations and applications of brahmacharya - the 4th Yama of the 8 Limbs of Yoga (Patanjali's yoga sutras). We explore some traditional interpretations and the move onto some more modern interpretations and applications we can use in our everyday lives.

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Each day we awaken we begin with new energy - what will we do with it, how will we use it, how long will it last, how do we conserve it for emergencies? Some will use all of their energy in a big outpouring and others will trickle it out as a precious resource and others will vary between one en...

Aparigraha, the 4th Niyama of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, is often translated as non-greed, non-grasping, or non-attachment. But sometimes the line between non-attachment and caring for something deeply is a hard one to interpret. Can you release expectations, offer yourself freely, give a gift wi...

We are to the final Yama on our journey into Patanjali's 8 Limbs of Yoga - aparigraha or nonattachment. Keeping in mind all of the other Yamas - they all work together and support each other - we explore the idea of loosening our hold on expectations, things, beliefs, thoughts. We explore allow...

Aparigraha, the 5th of the Yamas (8 Limbs of Yoga), is often translated as nonattachment. In this practice we explore releasing attachment through opening up to possibility, listening to our bodies and what they need in this moment, letting go of expectations and allowing the present and our pra...