Why Discipline Is Important in Yoga

yogic discipline
“Nothing will work unless you do.” This quote got me thinking about the importance of working consistently towards any goal we may have. For instance, there is no benefit in merely wishing for good health or a toned body or enhanced flexibility or better balance unless we are willing to work towards those goals. In other words, there is no substitute for discipline. This is tr...
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Tapa and Self Discipline in Yoga

Persistence
Tapa is what you and I usually understand as the strict ascetic life (or tapasya) followed by the rishi-munis in their quest for a higher truth. We think of it as the process by which characters from the Ramayana and the Mahabharat caused the Gods to appear and grant boons to them. Tapp or Tapas means to heat; it refers to spiritual practices, solitude, privation and ascetism. ...
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