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Spring Cleaning: Clean Up Clean Up, Everybody, Everywhere
By Lucia Yess Good-bye winter and hello spring. Spring traditionally means cleaning your home, eating healthier foods, and moving your body. Yess Yoga encourages healthy daily life habits. So this blog series will focus on the complete YOU. Start by ridding...
Fly this Spring in Eagle Pose
By Lucia Yess If you have lived in Minnesota a short time or your entire life you know that Spring is a beautiful change. It means plants, outside activities, patios, and cabin visits. Finally, spring has decided to show it's face. So what can we do to make the...
Niyama-Īśvara-Praṇidhāna (ईश्वर-प्रणिधान)
By Lucia Yess Īśvara-Praṇidhāna is our final niyama. There are many different ideas of what this niyama means but when broken down by Patanjali, it translates to, “isvara” as “Lord,” and “pranidhana” as “throwing down” or “giving up.” Īśvara-Praṇidhāna is often...
Niyama: Svadhyaya स्वाध्याय
By Lucia Yess Svadhyaya is broken down, into two parts. First, 'Sva’ means self and the second, adhyaya means 'study', ‘inquiry’, or ‘examination’. This fourth niyama asks us to learn about oneself on the inside. To go within and study.To gather more...
Niyama: Tapas तपस्
By Lucia Yess In yoga, the word “tapas” comes from the Sanskrit verb “tap” which means “to burn”. Sorry it doesn't come from the Spanish dish although those can be spicy too. This “fiery discipline,” asks for the practitioner "to burn off the impediments that...
Niyama: Santosha संतोष
By Lucia Yess The second niyama (self-discipline) is santosha, संतोष. Santosha is contentment. Contentment makes me think of abundance, joy, truth, simplicity. It doesn't include happiness however. I think true happiness comes from contentment which according...