The yamas (Sanskrit: यम, romanized: yama), and their complement, the niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Yoga philosophy...

classification of classical yoga, as set out in his Yoga Sutras. He defined the eight limbs as yamas (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (posture)...

traditions. The Yoga Sutras is best known for its reference to ashtanga, eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi. The eight elements are yama (abstinences)...

Look up yama, Yama, yamá, yàmá, or यम in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yama is the Hindu deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld...

other limbs of Patanjali's Raja Yoga teachings, especially Yama, Niyama, and Asana. The Indian tradition of Hatha yoga makes use of various pranayama techniques...

Self-realization, or liberation." Patanjali defined an eight-limbed yoga in Yoga Sutras 2.29: Yama (The five abstentions): Ahimsa (Non-violence, non-harming other...

the Yoga and Samkhya schools of Hinduism, and can be attained by insight and self-restraint. The ethical theory of Yoga-philosophy is based on Yamas and...

eight-limbed ashtanga yoga (Sanskrit अष्टांग asht-anga, "eight limbs") of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The eight limbs of Patanjali's scheme are yama, niyama, asana...

Hinduism and Science Rosen, Richard (2017). Yoga FAQ: Almost Everything You Need to Know about Yoga-from Asanas to Yamas. Shambhala. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-8348-4057-7...

Kriya Yoga (Sanskrit: क्रिया योग) is a yoga system which consists of a number of levels of pranayama, mantra, and mudra, intended to rapidly accelerate...