8 Limbs Of Yoga Flashcards
What are the 8 Limbs of yoga?
- Yana
- Niyama
- Asana
- Pranayama
- Pratyahara
- Dharana
- Dhyana
- Samadhi
What is Yama
Self control and self restraint
How we are to community and how are we to others
And how we are to others are usually the direct reflections of how we are to ourselves.
What is the real meaning and essence of Asana?
Process of inquiry that really asks us how do we sit within ourselves and sit with our own body. How are we able to be to be in our body when moved through different postures and temperatures.
What is Pratyahara
Withdrawal of senses, retreat
What is Dharana
Contemplation, concentration, have your mind focus on one thing at any one time.
What is Dhyana
Meditation
What is Samadhi
Bliss
Pathway of awakening
What are the Yamas
- Ahimsa
- Satya
- Asteya
- Bramacarya
- Aparigrahah
What is Ahimsa
Non harming
Non judgment
Compassion to self and others with positive thoughts
Can be achieved by self inquiry.
What is Satya
Honesty , truthfulness
Honest with yourself and others
Integrity
What is Asteya?
Non stealing
Being content with what comes to you by honest means
Sharing what you have
Consciously being on time
What is Brahmacharya
Moderation
Sense of balance
Where we placing our energy , what we consuming in our body
Create a life that balance is fundamentally present
What is Aparigraha
Awareness of abundance
Not being possessive of others or items or things
Attachment to what you own and feeling loss when you don’t own it
Believing what you have creates your identity , hanging on to old beliefs about yourself and your relationships.
What is Niyama
Code of observance
Internal practices
What are the 5 Niyamas?
- Saucha
- Santosa
- Tapas
- Svadhyaya
- Isvara Pranidhana
What is sauca?
Purity , cleanliness inside and out
Simplicity
Refinement
Involves Mental purity being pure of thoughts , words and action
Practicing meditation with pure heart to declutter and still the mind.
What is santosa
Contentment
Acceptance of others or your circumstances in your life just as they are.
Living in the moment and being happy with what you have right now
What is Tapas
Self discipline
Consistency
Perseverance
Absolute dedication to practice
Fire that move through the body
Appreciating the stillness , not always involve movement , surrender
What is Svadhyaya
Self study
Ability to see inwards
Asking the fundamental questions of who am I etc.
study of scripture
What is Isvara Pranidhana
Dedication to the highest
Isvara is surrender
What are the two qualities should be included in Asana ( pose/posture)
Sthira - steadiness
Sukhan - comfort
What are the two keys aspects to consider to encourage steadiness and comfort ?
To accept where you are - practice asana that are suitable for our bodies at that point in time
Encourage breath awareness
What is pranayama
Prana means Vital energy
Life force
Yama means control
The influence on the flow of prana in the Nadis or energy channel
What are the 4 components of pranayama
- Inhalation - pooraka
- Exhalation - rechaka
- Internal breath retention - Antar Kumbhaka
- Extera breath retention - Bhaya kumbhaka
What is Pratyahara
Allow us to train the mind to take a break from our senses and the continual input of external information.
Reconnect with inner self
What is the key practice of pratyahara?
Yoga nidhra - yogic sleep
15-20 minutes of duration
What is Samyama and what are the Samyama
Samyama means bind, integrate or hold together
- Dharana
- Dhyana
- Samadhi
Which are the last 3 of niyamas
What is Dharana
Concentration or contemplation
Bring the mind to single object such as light, flower .
If you can concentrate the mind for 12 seconds, you are in the state of concentration- dharana
What is Dhyana
Where we achieve unbroken concentration and meditation.
What is Samadhi
To join , to unify , to attune to harmonious wholeness
The mind merges with the object of our meditation and we lose our individuality and relationship with ego.
