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I have enjoyed the feed back that I’ve received through Everyday Yoga and encourage those who wish to provide feedback/comments to continue to do so by using the email link now at the end of each entry. On another note, it seems that I never finished publishing my notes on the Christianity [...] Yoga Sutra 3.2 Unbroken continuation of that mental ability [Dharana] is meditation. In Dharana, the yogi learns to focus or concentrate on a single object. Dhyana, meditation, takes the yogi one step further to comprehending or completely understanding the object. The process is the same as Dharana, concentrating on a single object [...] Dharana is the sixth limb of Yoga and is generally known as concentration. Before looking for any scriptual backing, it would be best to explain what Dharana is: Yoga Sutra 3.1 One-pointedness is steadfastness of the mind. Dharana is the ability to focus on one object to the exclusion of everything [...] With Pratyahara – control or mastery of one’s senses, Yoga turns inwards yet again. Yoga Sutra 2.54 When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms. 2.55 In this way comes mastery over the senses. The intent is to [...] Pranayama, the control of one’s energy or breath, is the fourth limb of Yoga. Yoga Sutra 2.49 When that exists, control of incoming and outgoing energies is next. 2.50 It may be external, internal, or midway, regulated by time, place, or number, and of brief or long duration. 2.51 Energy-control which goes [...] The first two Niyamas, Saucha and Santosha, are fairly easy to both define and to see how they can fit within a Christian framework. The final three Niyamas provide some difficulty partly due to translation issues and partly due to the ideas they represent being rather unique. With only a very little effort, [...] There’s been an obvious disruption in my writing and publishing due to a rough patch with my father’s health. He’s doing well, recuperating at home now and life should settle back down in a day or two so I can finish up this series. The second limb of Yoga as defined by Patañjali is Niyama (inward observance or restraint). Patañjali identifies the Niyamas as Saucha (cleanliness), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (discipline), Svaadhyaya (study of self), Ishvara Pranidhana (devotion to or union with God). Would seem, on the surface, to be just as innocuous as the Yamas but the [...] As I mentioned last time (a bad bit of lightning prevented my posting Saturday night and it just did not happen yesterday), Brahmacharya and Aparigraha are two traits that are sorely lacking in many within all aspects of society. Sure, there is plenty of violence, lying and stealing but they are not being [...] In the Yoga Sutras Patañjali (see the front page for links) identifies eight limbs of Yoga. The first limb is Yama (outward observance or restraint). Patañjali goes on to identify five Yamas: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truth), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya (sexual continence), Aparigraha (non-greed). He further says that these five restraints together form a [...] |
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