Thursday, April 17, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
Yoga Lesson: Contentment Print E-mail
One of the five niyamas (internal observances) of Patanjali's yoga sutras, contentment is considered an essential and fundamental yogic practice. Samtosha (contentment) can be practiced while holding yoga poses by letting go of the desire to attain the perfect looking pose, and to accept the experience of the pose as it is without wanting to change it.

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2 Comments
reggaeyogagirl: ...
nice lesson. Thanks for sharing.
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December 08, 2008
darrich: ...
This is wonderful...a perfect lesson for the New Year! Thank you!
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January 09, 2010

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