Satya On The Mat

Practising asana with satya in mind can be very similar to applying the first yama ahimsa to our physical practice.

Satya on the mat.

Satya or truthfulness is the yama that is about living a truthful life without doing harm to others. Iyengar in 1989 following a trip to pune. Satya on the yoga mat. Because satya is presented as a yama patanjali s teaching on the subject has mainly been associated with restraint rather than with action with what we should refrain from doing rather than with what specifically we should do.

Embody satya or truthfulness on the mat. To practice satya one must think before he speaks and consider the consequences of his action. Satya the second of the 10 yamas and niyamas in the the yoga sutras of patanjali means truthfulness. Satya is more than the quality of being true it is a way of being that arises when your thoughts words and actions are aligned with the highest self.

Learn how to take the practice of truth on and off the mat. It also refers to a virtue in indian religions referring to being truthful in one s thought speech and action. Incorporate satya truthfulness into your yoga practice with an asana. Practicing satya on the mat can give us the tools to practice it for the rest of our lives.

May 23 2017 original. In 1986 she began practicing insight. This is part two of a 10 part series exploring each of the yamas and niyamas to discover how we can incorporate them both on and off the mat for a deeper richer life of yoga. Embody satya truthfulness on the mat.

Charlotte bell began practicing yoga in 1982 and began teaching in 1986. Satya is one of the key yamas or observances applied in the eight limbs of yoga. If the truth could harm others it might be better to keep silent. Reprinted with permission from hugger mugger yoga products blog.

As we all know there s nowhere to hide when it s just us and the yoga mat and this is often the place we get to take a good look at ourselves our habits and our state of mind. In yoga satya is one of five yamas restraint from falsehood and distortion of reality in one s expressions and actions. When we speak from satya we speak from a place. The teaching of satya is not presented in this manner as an accident or oversight.

Use asana mantra mudra and meditation to help bring into focus the unique ways this yama plays out in your life. This entry was posted in tips for teachers yoga practice and tagged eight limbs of yoga satya on october 18 2019 by charlotte bell.