HWS 213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Niyama, Shaucha, Patanjali

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Health and Wellness St
• Course: HWS 213
• Professor: James Holley

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Patanjali codified many already existing practices into a unified text known as the. Written is sanskrit language, this work is a series of terse sentences that (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ey o(cid:374)ly the (cid:373)ost esse(cid:374)tial ideas f yoga theo(cid:396)y a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e, a(cid:374)d so su(cid:271)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)t master teachers have need to explain these brief aphorism. Together, patanjali and his commentators have created a system that can be used to guide students at every level: list the eight limbs of ashtanga yoga, five restrains: (yama) Self-surrender ( ishvara pranidhana: posture (asana, control and expansion of energy ( pranayama, sense withdrawal (pratyahara, concentration (drahana, meditation (dhyana, self-realization (samadhi, define yama. List the 5 niyamas. five observances (niyama): purity (shaucha) Self-surrender ( ishvara pranidhana: briefly define ahimsa. Spiritual heights: wh(cid:455) are the first 5 li(cid:373)(cid:271)s of (cid:455)oga (cid:272)alled (cid:862)e(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al li(cid:373)(cid:271)s(cid:863). Be(cid:272)ause they p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships i(cid:374) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ith o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)ody, e(cid:374)e(cid:396)gy a(cid:374)d se(cid:374)ses: define the last 3 limbs of ashtanga yoga.