Yoga And Its Benefits

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understand the benefits of Ashtanga Yoga, it is important to explore the steps that when combined make up this way of life.

YAMAS:
There are five Yamas described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, known as the great universal vows, because they are not limited by “Class, creed, time or circumstances”. These are meant to be guidelines for interaction with the outer world. They are:

• Ahimsa (non-violence),
• Satya (truthfulness),
• Asteya (non-stealing),
• Brahmacharya (celibacy) and
• Aparigraha (non-covetousness)


The first Yamas, Ahimsa or non-violence is the awareness and practice of non-violent thought, speech and action. It promotes the practice of compassion, love, understanding, patience, self-love, and worthiness.
The second Yamas, Satya, or truthfulness is: "To be in harmony with mind, word and action, to conduct speech and mind according to truth, to express through speech and to retain it in the intellect what has been seen, understood or heard."
Non-stealing or Asteya is the third of the Yamas of Ashtanga Y...