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ASTEYA
The Language of Yoga

The Yamas: Asteya

The third yama, asteya, is translated as “non-stealing,” or more fully, “To one established in non-stealing, all wealth comes.” There are a lot of different interpretations of this one.…

Satya
The Language of Yoga

The Yamas: Satya

The second yama, satya, is translated as truthfulness, and there’s something beautifully simple about it. Many of us were taught some version of it as a first lesson in morality when we were kids: “lying is wrong,” our parents…

The Language of Yoga

The Yamas: Ahimsa

The first yama, ahimsa, is usually translated as non-violence or non-harming. Just like the Hippocratic oath instructs fledgling doctors to “do no harm,” this first yama includes the same fundamental idea for the rest of us: In part of…