July 4
Yamas are renunciations to be embraced or given away. Niyamas are practices to be cultivated or taken in.
Applying the yamas and niyamas to life, teaching and practice are intertwined and are really the same thing. Even without being fully aware of them, I have sought these standards of being and behaving as a model to follow for my own well-being, and also as an example that it truly possible to be the change we want to see in the world.
Right now, I need to have compassion for myself (ahimsa): I can’t seem to move beyond the difficulty I had with leading my group through one asana. I would love to cultivate some santosha (appreciation, faith, contentment) for the work that I did accomplish today. So now I make the choices...
and study more!
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