Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice Audiobook (Free)

The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras-the basic text for classical yoga-are examined with this spiritual guide towards the practice of yoga. Foundational to all yogic thought, they are believed to be the rules to the yoga exercises way of living that free individuals to take ownership of their lives, immediate them toward the fulfillment they look for, and gain the skills to select attitude, thought, and action.

The first five guidelines are referred to as the yamas-a Sanskrit word that means ‘restraints’-and encompass nonviolence, truthfulness, not stealing, nonexcess, and nonpossessiveness. The final five are referred to as the niyamas, or observances-purity, contentment, self-discipline, self-study, and surrender.