i am a yogini. maybe not a great one as i have inherent hypocrisy pre-installed.
nevertheless it is a path of purity.
In the Yoga Sutras of Patajali, the yamas are the first limb of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga.
They are found in the Sadhana Pada Verse 30 as:
1. Ahimsa (): non-violence
2. Satya (): truth in word and thought. absence of falsehood
3. Asteya (): non-stealing
4. Brahmacharya (): abstain from sexual intercourse; celibacy in case of unmarried people and Faithful in case of married people. Even this to the extent that one should not possess any sexual thoughts towards any other man or woman except one's own spouse. It is common to associate Brahmacharya with celibacy.
5. Aparigraha (): absence of avarice
nevertheless it is a path of purity.
In the Yoga Sutras of Patajali, the yamas are the first limb of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga.
They are found in the Sadhana Pada Verse 30 as:
1. Ahimsa (): non-violence
2. Satya (): truth in word and thought. absence of falsehood
3. Asteya (): non-stealing
4. Brahmacharya (): abstain from sexual intercourse; celibacy in case of unmarried people and Faithful in case of married people. Even this to the extent that one should not possess any sexual thoughts towards any other man or woman except one's own spouse. It is common to associate Brahmacharya with celibacy.
5. Aparigraha (): absence of avarice
1) I think "Namaste" is Hindustani for "Class is over; clear out."
2) The only pose I've mastered is "Middle-Aged Man Looking Like A Fool."
On another note, it's interesting that your five points so much resemble the honor code that our service academies try to live by: no lying, no cheating, no stealing. Of course the non-violence thing would be a bit of a problem for them.