Spring cleaning isn’t just for your home; it is also for your mind and body. Take a look at this excerpt from Light On Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar about the topic of cleanliness: “Purity of body is essential for well-being. While good habits like bathing purify the body externally, asana (yoga poses) and pranayama (regulation …
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The Eight Limbs of Yoga
The important yoga text that most yoga teachers refer to is the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. Patanjali was a sage that was credited with The Yoga Sutra, the Mahabhasya (a classical treatise on grammar), and a treatise on medicine. He was believed to have lived some time between 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE. …