Welcome to Over the Rainbow Yoga Hawaii, we are grateful to have under our 'rainbow' a team of amazing yoga teachers, who are here to offer you exciting yoga classes in the Honolulu area. From restorative yoga to yoga conditioning, our incredible teachers not only share their passion through teaching yoga classes, they also follow the yoga philosophy and principles outside of their mat space.
Are you familiar with the Yoga Principles? Do you practice these ON and OFF your yoga mat?
8 LIMBS OF YOGA:
1. YAMAS | Social Principles:
~ self-restrains
~ what goes our comes around
~ non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence, forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, healthy diet, and cleanliness
AHIMSA= non-harming / non-violence - kindness towards ourselves and others, loving thoughts, words, and actions
SATYA= truthfulness - being truthful, be your truth and live your truth .* ASTEYA = non-stealing - not taking anything that was not offered to us freely
BRAHMACHRYA= continence & consciousness - choosing moderation and practicing self-control
APPIGRAH= non-collecting, greedlessness - practicing gratitude
2. NIYAMAS | Personal Principles ~ daily practice ~ austerity, contentment, belief, charity, worship, modesty, a discerning intellect, and sacrifice
SHAUCH = purity - outer and inner cleanliness
SANTOSH= contentment - acceptance
TAPAH = practice equality - positive and vibrant energy
SWADHYAYA= self-study - a practice of oneness
ISHWAR PRANDHANA= devotion to consciousness
3. ASANA | Postures
~ through asana one achieves steadiness of the mind
~ diseaselessness and lightness, purification and control of the body
~ free flow of prana (vital energy) - removing stiffness, blockages and accumulated toxins
~ in asanas you practice should be able to be still, feel stable and comfortable
Sthir - sukham - asana
stability-comfort-posture
4. PRANAYAMA | Breath Work
~ using breath to regulate energy
~ connection between the breath, the mind, and the emotions
~ literal translation of pranayama, "life force extension"
~ rejuvenates the body but actually extends life itself
5. PRATYAHARA | Withdrawal of Senses
~ control over the senses
~ make the conscious effort to draw our awareness away from the external world inward
~ to direct our attention internally
~ an opportunity to step back and take a look at ourselves
6. DHARANA | Intense Focus
~ concentration
~ to free ourselves from the outside distractions
~ the practice of concentration teaches us how to slow down the thinking process by concentrating on a single mental object
7. DHYANA | Meditation
~ becoming fully focused
~ focus and concentration
~ state of being in the present moment
~ taking a control over the thoughts
8. SAMADHI | Complete Integration
~ bliss or enlightenment, a state of ecstasy
~ the final step of the journey of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (see below)
~ a state of realisation
~ transcendence and connectivity with the divine
~ a mind-body integration = oneness
~ a pure state of ‘I – am – ness’
Who is Patanjali?
Patanjali is the author of Yoga Sutras, a core foundation of the traditional yoga. In the Yoga Sutras, the eight limbs are referred to as Ashtanga:
ashta= eight
anga = limb