yamas and niyamas

Namaste Yoga 42: Special Series: Yamas and Niyamas: Isvara Pranidhana

This class features the final of the niyamas (personal practices) as outlined by Patanjali in his compilation of the yoga sutras. Isvara Pranidhana means surrender to the divine. To cultivate Isvara Pranidhana we will...

Namaste Yoga 41: Special Series on the Yamas and Niyamas: Svadhyaya

This is the second last class in the series of classes on the yamas and niyamas. This class will focus on svadhyaya (study by and of oneself). Nischala Joy Devi suggests that we can...

Namaste Yoga 40: Special Series Yamas and Niyamas: Tapas with Dr. Melissa West

During episode 40 of namaste yoga we continue our series on the yamas and niyamas with the third niyama or personal practice, tapas. The root of tapas, tap means to heat and so this...

Namaste Yoga 40: Special Series Yamas and Niyamas: Tapas

During episode 40 of namaste yoga we continue our series on the yamas and niyamas with the third niyama or personal practice, tapas. The root of tapas, tap means to heat and so this...

Namaste Yoga 39: Special Series on Yamas and Niyamas: Santosa, Contentment

In episode 39 of Namaste Yoga Dr. Melissa West continues her series on the yamas and niyamas to take a look at the personal practice of contentment.

Namaste Yoga 39: Special Series on Yamas and Niyamas: Santos

In episode 39 of Namaste Yoga Dr. Melissa West continues her series on the yamas and niyamas to take a look at the personal practice of contentment. This class combines asana and pranayama to...

Namaste Yoga 38: Special Series on the Yamas and Niyamas

This week marks the first week we enter into the niyamas which are in a sense, the internal yamas. The whereas the yamas are about our relationship to the the world, niyamas outline a...

Namaste Yoga 36:Special Series on Yamas and Niyamas: Brahmacarya

In the thirty-sixth episode of Namaste Yoga we continue our special series on the yamas and the niyamas with the yama Brahmacarya. Brahmacarya means conservation of vital energy and in this episode we work...

Namaste Yoga 34: Special Series on Yamas Niyamas: Satya

In the second of a series of classes on the yamas and niyamas Melissa explores what it means to cultivate satya, or truthfulness in yoga asana and in the larger context of your life....