I’ve been intentional about easing into this new year – and with the winter weather at the end of January keeping North Texas inside a few days, a little unintentional! And that idea doesn’t stop just because the calendar flipped to a new month. As we were so recently reminded,…
It’s summer in Texas, and even if it hasn’t been as hot as it can be for the most part (thankfully!) – it’s still hot. So maybe that’s why heat was on my mind when I started to think about what to write about this month. And the idea of…
I’ve previously written about the five Niyamas in a series of posts, with just a short note on what the Niyamas are, but before beginning a look at the Yamas, I thought it might be a good time to look at these two limbs of the eight limbs of yoga.…
The fifth Niyama – one of the eight limbs of yoga that guides one on self-care and personal practice – is isvara pranidhana, which can be seen as faith in a higher power. Now that is a big topic, and I wasn’t even sure how to write about it. And…
We can all get lost sometimes inside our own heads – our own thoughts – but how often do we use that time spent with our thoughts as an opportunity for self-reflection? Svadhyaya, another one of the five Niyamas, is the study of one’s self. The Niyamas are the second…
Sauca, translated as cleanliness, is one of the five niyamas, the second of the eight limbs of yoga and part of an ethical philosophy of living. The translation itself makes me think of the saying “a place for everything and everything in its place.” I think of dusted bookshelves, a…