Ashtanga
Yamas
Social Ethics:
- ahimsa- Nonviolence
- satya- truth
- asteya- non stealing
- brahmacarya- appropriate use of one's vital energy
- aparigraha- non possessiveness
Nyamas
Personal Ethics:
- sauca- purity, cleanliness
- santosa- contentment
- tapas- practice causing change, "heat"
- svadhyaya- self-study/observation
- isvarapranidhana- devotion, surrender to a higher force
Pratyahara
- Internalization of the senses, drawing back and becoming the observer of self
Dhyana
- Maintaining focus, meditation