SANTOSHA ~ Contentment | The Niyamas Series: 2/5 | The WISDOM podcast | S3 E51

<p style="text-align:center;">SANTOSHA ~ Contentment ~ </p> <p style="text-align:center;">The Niyamas Series: 2 of 5</p> <p style="text-align:center;">The WISDOM podcast  Season 3  Episode 51</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">~ "Contentment is falling in love with your life.” - Swami Rama  ~</p> <p style="text-align:center;">💜</p> <p> </p> <p>Welcome to this series on the Niyamas. Niyama is Sanskrit for “rules, guidelines, or observances.” Niyamas appear in Hindu and Buddhist texts, and they are best known as the second limb of the eight limbs of yoga, as described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. </p> <p> </p> <p>In Indian traditions, particularly Yoga, Niyamas and their complement, Yamas, are recommended activities and habits for healthy living, spiritual enlightenment, and a liberated state of existence.</p> <p> </p> <p>The five niyamas the focus of this series ~ are constructive tools for cultivating happiness and self-confidence; the opportunity to practice and live in the balance of each of these arises in almost every moment day. </p> <p> </p> <p>The five Niyamas are practices to be nurtured and cultivated. They will remain with us throughout our lives taking us ever deeper into the subtle realms of our being, moving us closer to the stillness inside.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Niyamas as spiritual and practical teachings lead us beyond the body (in our activity and our asanas) and our mind (in meditation). Without them, <a href='https://www.britannica.com/topic/samadhi-Indian-philosophy'>samadhi</a> ~ a state of joyful calm, or even of rapture and beatitude, in which one maintains full mental alertness and acuity ~ would be an impossible dream.</p> <p> </p> <p>I also invite to check out my 5-part series on the Yamas next. These are moral disciplines that transcend all world religions as guiding us to live of our light and our highest self. I will leave links for this series in the description.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode I cite and also quote directly from <a href='htt