New Year, Now Yoga: Ashtanga or the Eight Limbs of Yoga
An ancient prescription for living a moral and purposeful life
7 min readJan 12, 2024
Yoga is more than asana, or the postures we practice on the mat.
Ashtanga yoga or the eight limbs or stages of yoga are defined in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sutra 2:29, and include yamas (abstinences), niyamas (observances), asana…