The second yama is satya. Satya is regularly translated as ‘truthfulness.’ Barbara Stoler Miller fleshes this out as, “When one abides in truthfulness, activity and its fruition are grounded in the truth.” The observance of satya, truthfulness, requires an alignment between an impartial self-awareness that develops our self-knowledge in each moment and an outer expression… Continue reading Reflection on the Yamas: Satya
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Reflection on the Yamas: Ahimsa
In this first of five short reflections on the yamas given in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, I want to begin with a brief description of what the yamas are. The yamas comprise the first of the eight limbs of the ashtanga yoga of the great Indian sage, Patanjali. They are five in number and… Continue reading Reflection on the Yamas: Ahimsa
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