Introduction to the Yamas

30 copies of our discussion group's study books; The Science of Self Realization,
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, were graciously donated by Roy Eugene Davis

Here are insights and comments by our participants from the 4/19/09
Foundations of Yoga class held at Neighborhood Yoga in Boone, NC.

The eight limbs of yoga are aspects of the same thing
and you can't have one without the other.

We are not (always) taught to be non-violent to others

We are born non-violent. a beginner mind baby. We pick up violence

Humaneness as trying to reach the Divine - Being in the present

Violence toward others is reflected in violence toward ourselves

What is death - aren't we all just energetic beings?

Life is a spiritual journey - everyone is on a spiritual journey.

Soul chooses the life you are going to live.

We can lose (awareness of) our connection to spirit intellectualizing

We have more choices as humans than animals
hence more responsibility to the world around us