Hello and Happy New Year!
Hoping this year allows more opportunity for us to appreciate life and those around us.
2026 is the year we start or continue to practice self-care and intentionally connecting with ourselves.
Over the next several months classes will be themed around the eight limbs. I hope what I’ve created helps us awaken areas of our bodies in ways necessary to the betterment of our health. We’ll start off with the yamas and niyamas. They mold us through ethical practices and they’re also the protectors of our spiritual domain.
The principles of yama remind us that we are not only individual beings but also social beings, understanding how to behave with ourselves and with others.
The Yamas:
1. Ahimsa – Non-Violence: Ahimsa means being non-violent in word, thought or action. It means not causing pain to other living beings, which include animals, insects and plants. If we establish non-violence in our daily lives all conflict will come to an end.
*Note: ones non-violence may prove to be violence to another.
2. Satya – Truthfulness: Satya means being truthful to others in both words and actions, not telling lies and following a path that is true and honest.
Yoga Sutra 2.36: By being truthful, whatever action you take will be successful.
3. Asteya – Non-Stealing: Asteya means not stealing from others. The includes work, ideas, actual items, ect…If you practice non-stealing you will reap all the gems in life, which are not necessarily monetary. The real gems are our peace of mind, joy and ultimate happiness.
Yoga Sutra 2.37: When one is established in non-stealing, all jewels present themselves.
*Note: Often we try to imitate others and in doing so we go far from our own lifestyles and our truth.
4. Brahmacarya – Withdrawl: This principle does not men total stagnation, but instead a gradual withdrawl over time. Brahmacarya means controlled celibacy, maintaining purity while maintaining our vital energy.
*Note: This is shown over various stages of life (12 and up). It’s more in reference to married life, but we could also see it as a relationship with ourselves. How we enter into relationship with ourselves, our expectations, efforts, ect…
5. Aparigraha – Non-Possessiveness: “Pari” means around and “graha’ means to grasp. Aparigraha means non-grasping of things around you. When expectations are high we become greedy and once this is allowed to grow it’s even more difficult to rid ourselves it. It’s as though we’re never satisfied, grasping at things and ideas.
Yoga Sutra 2.39: One who overcomes possessiveness and a grasping mind, will gain knowledge of the past, present and future.
Chair Yoga & Meditation
January 4 – Ahimsa (Non-violence)
January 18 – Asteya (Non-stealing)
February 1 – Aparigraha (Non-Possessiveness)
Hatha Yoga & Meditation
January 11 – Satya (Truthfulness)
January 25 – Brahmacarya (Moderation)
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