Yamas and Niyamas.

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Yama - Restraint. The five Don'ts of Yoga:

 

Yamas

1. Ahimsa - non-violence, non-injury, harmlessness;

2. Aatya - truthfulness, honesty;

3. Asteya - non-stealing, honesty, non-mis-appropriateness;

4. Brahmacharya - continence;

5. Aparigraha - non-possessiveness, non-greed, non-selfishness,

non-

acquisitiveness

 

 

Niyama - Observance. The five Do's of Yoga:

 

1. Shaucha - purity, cleanliness;

2. Santosha - contentment, peacefulness;

3. Tapas - austerity, practical (i.e., result-producing) spiritual

discipline;

4. Swadhyaya - self-study, spiritual study;

5. Ishwara Pranidhana -offering of one's life to

God