Namaste Dear Visitor, Before we start to disscuss the 5 YAMA, I`d like to remind you to the eight limbs of yoga that form the backbone of Patanjali`s Yoga Sutras, listed below, describe a path toward awakening.
THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA
YAMA - Rules of Social Conduct / Macrocosmic practice
NIYAMA - Rules of Personal Conduct / Microcosmic practice
ASANA - Physical Posture: Right Orientation of the physical body
PRANAYAMA - Breath Control : Right use of the Vital Force
PRATYAHARA - Control of the Mind & Senses