{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"293.  Niyamas overview.  Organizing our Inner Life.","description":"\u0936\u094c\u091a\u0938\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0937\u0924\u092a\u0903\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0928\u093f\u092f\u092e\u093e\u0903 Niyamas 1:32. \u015bauca-santo\u1e63a-tapa\u1e25-sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya-\u012b\u015bvara-pra\u1e47idh\u0101n\u0101ni niyam\u0101\u1e25 In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Niyamas are the inner disciplines of yoga. If the Yamas describe how we relate to the world around us, the Niyamas describe how we relate to ourselves. They are practical, grounded practices\u2014not moral rules or spiritual ideals to perfect. They\u2019re ways of organizing our inner life so that clarity, steadiness, and freedom become possible. Patanjali offers five Niyamas. Each one is a practice of attention. Each one asks us to take responsibility\u2014not for controlling life\u2014but for shaping the quality of our inner experience. Today, we\u2019ll briefly name each Niyama and then explore them one by one, not as theory, but as lived practice.  The Five Niyamas \u2013 Concise Setups 1. Saucha \u2014 Cleanliness Saucha is about clarity and purification\u2014of the body, the mind, and the environment we live in. It asks a simple question: What am I allowing in? 2. Santosha \u2014 Contentment Santosha is the practice of being at peace with what is, without giving up the desire to grow. It\u2019s learning to stop arguing with reality. 3. Tapas \u2014 Disciplined Effort Tapas is the steady heat of practice\u2014the willingness to stay with discomfort in service of growth, not punishment. It\u2019s where transformation happens. 4. Svadhyaya \u2014 Self-Study Svadhyaya is honest self-reflection. It\u2019s the courage to look inward, notice our patterns, and learn from them rather than run from them. 5. Ishvara Pranidhana \u2014 Surrender Ishvara Pranidhana is the practice of letting go\u2014of control, of ego, of the belief that we\u2019re doing this alone. It\u2019s trusting something larger than our personal will. ","author_name":"My Daily Thread","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/509398","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39796470\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39796470"}