Wisdom vs knowledge (in the form of a platonic dialogue)

   AIMARUS – Today we will talk about knowledge and wisdom. CRITON -Oh! But they are not the same? AIMARUS -No, dear Critón, far from each other, although close are the concepts that they have of them. CRITON: Explain yourself better, because my understanding is eager to differentiate these two concepts that until now I thought were one. AIMARUS: With pleasure we will find the answer to it, between the two,...

YAMA: The first limb of yoga

Yoga can be practiced by anyone regardless of age, sex, race, physical, psychological or social condition. As long as the interest in practicing it arises in oneself and is not something imposed. Practicing Yoga is not an obligation, but an act of conscious will. However, to start an authentic Yoga practice, a requirement is required: to have developed a certain natural moral. According to Patanjali, the great synthesizer of Yoga techniques,...

Niyama: the great unknown

Yoga has eight steps in its realization scale. In a previous post we talked about the first, about Yama , natural morality. Today we will talk about the second, the Niyama . Most people know Yoga by its third step, the Asanas , or body exercises, by its room, Pranayama , breathing techniques; or at most for his seventh, Dhyana , or meditation. But as indicated in the title, Niyama is...