YAMA behavior patterns and relationship between us and the outside world

ISVARAPRANIDHANA AHIMSA SURRENDER NON-VIOLENCE

SATYA SVADHYAYA TRUTHFULNESS SELF-STUDY

“The yamas and niyamas are emphatic descriptions of what we are when we are connected ASTEYA TAPAS to our source. Rather than a list NON-STEALING SELF-DISCIPLINE of dos and don’ts, they tell us that our fundamental nature is compassionate, generous, honest, and peaceful.” -Donna Farhi BRAHMACARYA MOVING TOWARD SAMTOSA THE ESSENTIAL CONTENTMENT

APARIGRAHA NON-POSSESSIVENESS SAUCA PURITY NIYAMA the attitude we adopt toward ourself

©www.summercushman.com AHIMSA YAMA NON-VIOLENCE relationship to the world yoga sutra 2.35 NON-VIOLENCE TRUTHFULNESS NON-STEALING MOVING TOWARD THE ESSENTIAL NON-POSSESSIVENESS yoga sutras 2.30-39

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SATYA ASTEYA TRUTHFULNESS NON-STEALING yoga sutra 2.36 yoga sutra 2.37

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BRAHMACARYA APARIGRAHA MOVING TOWARD THE ESSENTIAL NON-POSSESSIVENESS yoga sutra 2.38 yoga sutra 2.39

©www.summercushman.com ©www.summercushman.com SAUCA PURITY NIYAMA yoga sutras 2.40-41 relationship to self PURITY CONTENTMENT SELF-DISCIPLINE SELF-STUDY SURRENDER yoga sutras 2.40-45

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SAMTOSA TAPAS CONTENTMENT SELF-DISCIPLINE yoga sutra 2.42 yoga sutra 2.43

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SVADHYAYA ISVARAPRANIDHANA SELF-STUDY SURRENDER yoga sutra 2.44 yoga sutra 2.45

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vitarka-badhane pratipaksa-bhavanam “When negative feelings/thoughts [anything counter to the yamas and niyamas] restrict us, the opposite should be cultivated.” (y.s. 2.33)

This is done through the practice of awareness. (y.s. 2.34) When negative feelings/thoughts are present ask yourself: Am I acting on this negativity? Causing someone else to act on this negativity? Condoning someone else who’s acting on this negativity?

Can you identify the underlying cause of the negative feeling/thought? Greed, anger, delusion, ignorance, ego, attachment, aversion, fear?

Is the negative feeling/thought slight, moderate, or intense?

What fruit will come from this feeling/thought? Or from any actions arising from it?

Does it support clarity or ignorance?

Does it lead to joy or suffering?

This reflection is the practice of Cultivating the Opposite (pratipaksa bhavanam).

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