Yamas

March 18, 2013 by  
Filed under Yoga Articles

Definition: The Yoga Sutras are thought to have be authored by Patanjali around the year 250 CE. Although they make little mention of yoga asana practices, they are often cited as the philosophical basis for modern postural yoga. The yamas are moral directives intended to guide the practitioner’s behavior towards others. They are as follows:

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