Satya - Truth: The 2nd Yama
November 12, 2025
Yoga is about truth and not performance.
Satya (truth in Sanskrit), is seeing and communicating things as they actually are in that moment, not as we wish them to be.
Every asana we practice, from standing still at the top of our mat, through binds, shoulder balances and arm balances - these are all an opportunity for Satya - to meet the present moment exactly as it is, as we are - with enquiry. An opportunity to see the truth of mind, breath and body and to meet all of that in a way that is steady....just as in life, in every interaction with each being and each happening.
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