The eighth and final limb of yoga, known as samadhi, integration, bliss or peace. All the previous yoga practices prepare the body, mind, and spirit for feeling wholeness and peace, and this limb is really the true definition of yoga. You may slip into this peaceful state of yoga all the time in yoga class….
The seventh limb of yoga is meditation, which is considered meditation without an object. Some consider it the most difficult limb, but I believe with preparation you may find it easy. If it is a challenge, you just go back and practice one of the limbs. You can go back to any limb and strengthen…
Dharana: The Yoga Secret Behind Mindfulness and Meditation | Lifespan Yoga® The 8 Limbs of Yoga Dharana: The Real Reason You Think You Can’t Meditate The sixth limb of yoga — concentration — is the missing step most people skip, and it’s the key that unlocks mindfulness, focus, and deep meditation By Lifespan Yoga® ·…
Pratyahara: How Turning Down Your Senses Opens the Door to Meditation The fifth limb of yoga is one of the most relevant practices for our noisy, overstimulated, screen-filled world — and it’s simpler than you think. Think about the last hour of your day. How many sounds did you hear? How many screens did you…
When most people hear the word “yoga,” they picture a mat, a peaceful studio, and someone bending gracefully into a pose. But yoga is far more than a physical practice — and the physical dimension itself encompasses a remarkable variety of styles suited to every body, age, and goal. The third limb of yoga, known as Asana,…
Yoga is a whole system — eight limbs, like branches of a tree — and the second of those limbs is called Niyama. It’s the part nobody talks about nearly enough. Niyama is about personal discipline and daily habits. Not the flashy kind. The quiet, boring, deeply powerful kind — the habits that compound over time and actually…
You are breathing right now. You probably haven’t thought about it once today. But what if that one simple act — done consciously and intentionally — could reduce your stress, ease your pain, and transform your health? That is the promise of Pranayama, the fourth limb of yoga. And the best part? You don’t need a…
Living the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Ethics, Daily Habits, Mindfulness, Meditation and Peace. This book is focused on infant development and raising peaceful children. There are activity pages and journal pages for new parents, all organized by the 8 limbs of yoga. Kids Yoga Teacher Training programs can add…
This is from the back cover of my book: Living the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Kids is a 2-in-1 book for parents and their children aged 5 through 11 interested in practicing yoga together. This guide includes easy-to-understand explanations for each of the 8 limbs of yoga geared to parents and teachers. It also includes…
Yama, often translated as “ethical discipline,” is the first limb of yoga and serves as the moral foundation of the entire yogic path. Long before yoga became widely known for physical postures and flexibility, it was understood as a complete philosophy for living. The ethical principles of yoga were first outlined in the ancient text…
Yoga is often reduced to stretching routines and studio classes. But the original system of yoga is a comprehensive framework for disciplined living. The 8 limbs of yoga, outlined in the Yoga Sutras, offer a complete structure for ethical behavior, personal discipline, physical steadiness, breath control, focus, meditation, and integration. Living the 8 limbs of yoga…
Now we will talk about the final rule of nonviolent communication, silence. You have taken time observing the situation, pausing before you speak, being careful to not blurt out something you regret, speaking your mind, and then listening to the response. SILENCE Now the final rule of nonviolent communication is silence. Silence is good. Silence…
One part of practicing nonviolence is improving your nonviolent communication. Now we will talk about rule number 3. LISTENING After you speak, stop, pause and wait for a response. This will take a minute if your partner is also practicing nonviolent communication because they are observing and pausing too. When your partner is speaking, listen….
One part of practicing nonviolence is improving your communication skills. I like the breakdown of the 4 rules of nonviolent communication because it is simple but can be challenging. In the last blog I wrote about rule number one, observation. Now we will talk about rule number two, pausing. PAUSING After rule one, quiet observation,…
I was writing Living the 8 Limbs of Yoga and realized I was writing so much about the first ethical principle of yoga, nonviolence, that I would put some of that information in 2 other books Nonviolence in this Moment (2019) and Nonviolence Journal and Workbook: 108 Prompts for Peace (2021). I finished all those books and realized I…
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You’ve Been Doing Yoga All Day — You Just Didn’t Know It Let me ask you something. When was the last time you paused before reacting in a stressful moment? Or chose a more peaceful response when you really wanted to snap back? Or simply noticed your breath in the middle of a chaotic afternoon?…
How Do You Teach Peace When You Are Burned Out? If you are a parent, a teacher, or someone who simply wants to show up as a calmer, steadier presence in the world — this question has probably come up. You care deeply about nonviolence. You believe in it. But some days, the weight of…
As much as I like this book, I took it off Amazon and keep it here on the website as a pdf download. I also include it in my nonviolence online courses. Writing it did prompt me to write the nonviolence journal and that is still available as a paperback on Amazon. Beginning with self-reflection…
I have ordered this journal by the 8 limbs of yoga so there are sections for each limb. Visual artists will draw and color of course. Writers will write. Scribblers scribble.
