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Achieve mental flexibility by extending your practice off the mat! How to use the yamas and niyamas as well as the principles of mindful speech to assert yourself.

Speaking mindfully is as simple as cultivating the habit of first asking "Is it true? Is it kind? Is it Necessary?". How Yoga's Yamas and Niyamas support this philosophy.

While complaints are often necessary forms of truth and self-kindness, the next step is to select carefully the best audience to hear them.

Take the time for quiet reflection and careful self-assessment this holiday season to pursue only things that mean the most to you.

Do you wish you could take that island of calm with you after your yoga practice? Looking for a way to make those esoteric lessons make sense in a practical way?

The first half of the "Ten Commandments" of Yoga, the Yamas are a series of five things that each yogi must strive to abstain from. Harming, lying, stealing and ...sex?!

The second half of the "Ten Commandments" of Yoga, the Niyamas are the internal concerns: cleanliness, diligence, devotion to the divine, self-study and contentedness.