by Lucia Yess | Apr 11, 2016 | Yoga Theory
By Lucia Yess The first niyama in Patanjali’s text is Śauca, also spelled Saucha or Shaucha. It represent purity and cleanliness. When you hear those two words what comes to mind? Perhaps a shower, brushing your teeth, honest thoughts and words. Of course...
by Lucia Yess | Apr 2, 2016 | Yoga Theory, Yoga Type
Yamas, and its complement, Niyamas, represent a series of “right living” or ethical rules within Yoga. These are a form of moral imperatives, commandments, rules of living. The five Yamas of Patañjali’s classical yoga system are committments that...
by Lucia Yess | Feb 16, 2016 | Body Therapy
By Lucia Yess When I think about poses that I never want to get out of, child’s pose is the first that comes to mind. There is this sensation of total relaxation that I can’t get enough of. When else do you get to rest on yourself. Child’s...
by Lucia Yess | Feb 6, 2016 | Mindfulness, Yoga Theory
By Lucia Yess Yoga is rooted in mindfulness. It can take you to a place where the worries of yesterday and the future don’t exist. It can lead you to a present state. It can allow you to let go of the worries of right now and just breathe. But how? How...
by Lucia Yess | Jan 30, 2016 | Mindfulness
By Lucia Yess So often I think. I wonder. I question. Am I doing what I am supposed to? Is this what my gifts are intended to be doing? What the heck does my path mean? These questions are overwhelming if you keep going around and around in your head. It is...
