Incorporating The Eight Limbs of Yoga into Daily Living

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people who are practicing yoga should know the eight glimpse of yoga otherwise I think something is lacking maybe you don't know that in the beginning when you start maybe you start out in a gym where you start a drop in class you know but within time the teacher should kind of integrate not to create violence towards yourself in your practice to be truthful to yourself and other people to to work towards kind of Ramachari is like it's not only to restrict from sexual activities much more than that to be average in life to learn how to consume with your energy and not to take things that doesn't belong to you and not to collect more things than you need to have this is I think it's very important that you know that it's in the Yoga Sutras and as well as stay clean take care of your cleanliness your words your action your clothes your body to aim to be happy with what you have and what you don't have contentment and the top of the different tough parts the way of cleansing your body and your whole system and souad jaha to study it means to study old scriptures of yoga what was written in the media every week the old texts and Ishwara plan Adana to create a humbleness for the power the great power that is bigger than we are and that we are all part of but to really understand that we are not in control of this life this I think is very very important the outcome of this life we are not in control but we are responsible for our actions because we will always have consequences from whatever we do but we are we don't have the control of the outcome of our actions right so I think that's very important things to know I do think one of my favorite verses isn't actually in them in the first chapter which I read to myself many times if I feel I'm getting stuck the second chapter is important to know that is the pranayama aspect which is described there and the pratyahara is also how to get through the obstacles that the senses can give this desire that the senses can can give us so we don't react on on the desires and the senses immediate need of satisfaction that's very important part of the second chapter my favorite verses is actually the one in the first chapter 133 and in Sanskrit I'm not a scholar in Sanskrit I try my best it's called something like my three Karuna moody topic Shawn I'm sooo kadhai paneer rishonim Pavano Cheeta prasad annum there are different interpretations of every sutra I do like this one in this this version in daily life we see people around were happier than we are and people who are less happy some may be doing praiseworthy things and others causing problems whatever may be our usual attitude towards such people and their actions if we can be pleased with others were happier than we are and compassionate towards those who are unhappy and joyful with those doing praiseworthy things and remain undisturbed by the errors of others even I would say remain undisturbed by the others because so much of our energy goes to the others what other people are doing what other people are not doing what they're saying what they're not saying so we are are putting more energy into other people's lives than into our own so that verse I think says so many things about life and our attitudes towards life people ourselves and really I think if we truthfully could be compassionate and happy for other people and remain undisturbed by the others the world would be look very different I think so we can only see it like enterprise in the practice you know when people practices as a teachers in so many years and as a student for so many years I know for myself how easy it is to look what is he doing what is she doing and put my energy into other people's math not into my own mat so the practice of asana gives you the opportunity to learn all these things if you know them if you know what you're learning you've got to know go to know this book you were to read this book if your student of a stronger yoga you go to study read Patanjali yoga sutras there are so many different interpretations of the sutras this is only one I've read maybe five six seven different interpretations over the years and you're going to find the one that is talking to you because they all interpret eight very very different