Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Niyamas

Individual discipline; Rules of conduct towards oneself

Sauca - cleanliness
Santosa - contentment
Tapas - austerity
Svadhyaya - self-study
Isvarapranidhana - devotion or surrender to God
Astikya - belief
Danam - charity
Siddhanta Vakya Sravanam - listening to established doctrines
Hri - modesty
Mati - intellectual faith, devotion
Japa - recitation of mantras
Vrata - religious observances


from Yoga a Gem for Women
by Geeta Iyengar