The first element of the
path of classical yoga:
RestraintYama (restraints or attitudes): contast to
niyama. Controls placed on
behavior to prevent
suffering. Here, as taught by a
yoga teacher, so of course
warped and
obscured, the Yamas are the
don'ts to the niyamas'
dos (
how does one pluralize a contraction!?)
- Ahimsa
- Satya
- Asteya
- Brahmacharya
- Aparigraha
Yama is also supposedly
Japanese for
mountain. Maybe someone can
verify that?