The Practice of Yoga and Self-Compassion

The practice of nonviolence, including self-compassion, is one of the primary tenets of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Within the Yoga Sutras are a set of 196 sutras or aphorisms that detail the unfolding process of the practice of yoga and meditation. Ahimsa or nonviolence is one of the core injunctions of Raja Yoga, according to Patanjali. Ahimsa can take many forms.

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