by Lucia Yess | May 21, 2016 | Healthy Living, Mindfulness
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...
by Lucia Yess | May 8, 2016 | Yoga Theory
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...
by Lucia Yess | May 3, 2016 | Yoga Theory
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...
by Lucia Yess | Apr 17, 2016 | Yoga Type
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...
by Lucia Yess | Apr 13, 2016 | Yoga Theory, Yoga Type
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...
