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8 Limbs Of Yoga Flashcards

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What are the 8 Limbs of yoga?

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  1. Yana
  2. Niyama
  3. Asana
  4. Pranayama
  5. Pratyahara
  6. Dharana
  7. Dhyana
  8. Samadhi
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What is Yama

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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.

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What is the real meaning and essence of Asana?

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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.

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What is Pratyahara

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Withdrawal of senses, retreat

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What is Dharana

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Contemplation, concentration, have your mind focus on one thing at any one time.

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What is Dhyana

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Meditation

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What is Samadhi

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Bliss
Pathway of awakening

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What are the Yamas

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  1. Ahimsa
  2. Satya
  3. Asteya
  4. Bramacarya
  5. Aparigrahah
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What is Ahimsa

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Non harming
Non judgment
Compassion to self and others with positive thoughts

Can be achieved by self inquiry.

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What is Satya

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Honesty , truthfulness
Honest with yourself and others
Integrity

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What is Asteya?

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Non stealing

Being content with what comes to you by honest means
Sharing what you have
Consciously being on time

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What is Brahmacharya

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Moderation
Sense of balance
Where we placing our energy , what we consuming in our body
Create a life that balance is fundamentally present

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What is Aparigraha

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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.

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What is Niyama

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Code of observance
Internal practices

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What are the 5 Niyamas?

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  1. Saucha
  2. Santosa
  3. Tapas
  4. Svadhyaya
  5. Isvara Pranidhana
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What is sauca?

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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.

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What is santosa

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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

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What is Tapas

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Self discipline
Consistency
Perseverance
Absolute dedication to practice

Fire that move through the body

Appreciating the stillness , not always involve movement , surrender

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What is Svadhyaya

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Self study
Ability to see inwards
Asking the fundamental questions of who am I etc.

study of scripture

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What is Isvara Pranidhana

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Dedication to the highest

Isvara is surrender

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What are the two qualities should be included in Asana ( pose/posture)

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Sthira - steadiness
Sukhan - comfort

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What are the two keys aspects to consider to encourage steadiness and comfort ?

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To accept where you are - practice asana that are suitable for our bodies at that point in time

Encourage breath awareness

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What is pranayama

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Prana means Vital energy
Life force

Yama means control

The influence on the flow of prana in the Nadis or energy channel

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What are the 4 components of pranayama

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  1. Inhalation - pooraka
  2. Exhalation - rechaka
  3. Internal breath retention - Antar Kumbhaka
  4. Extera breath retention - Bhaya kumbhaka
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What is Pratyahara

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Allow us to train the mind to take a break from our senses and the continual input of external information.
Reconnect with inner self

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What is the key practice of pratyahara?

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Yoga nidhra - yogic sleep
15-20 minutes of duration

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What is Samyama and what are the Samyama

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Samyama means bind, integrate or hold together

  1. Dharana
  2. Dhyana
  3. Samadhi

Which are the last 3 of niyamas

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What is Dharana

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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

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What is Dhyana

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Where we achieve unbroken concentration and meditation.

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What is Samadhi

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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.

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