What Is the Eight Limbs of Yoga?
- Michelle Rae Sobi
- 3 days ago
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(Supports Week 21)
What Is the Eight Limbs of Yoga?
The Eight Limbs of Yoga offer a complete framework for living and teaching yoga beyond the physical postures. Rather than a linear ladder, the limbs function as an interconnected system that supports ethical living, embodied practice, and inner clarity.
The Eight Limbs are:
Yamas
Niyamas
Asana
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dharana
Dhyana
Samadhi
In teacher training, the Eight Limbs serve as a compass. They guide how we move, how we speak, how we teach, and how we relate to students and ourselves.
Asana and pranayama may be the most visible limbs, but they are supported by ethics, awareness, and reflection. Without this broader context, yoga becomes exercise. With it, yoga becomes a lifelong practice.
Throughout this training, you’ll revisit the Eight Limbs repeatedly — not to memorize definitions, but to apply them in sequencing, cueing, class themes, and personal inquiry.
The Eight Limbs remind us that yoga is not something we do once a week — it’s something we live.
Students enrolled in our program may send a Slack DM to Michelle or those interested in enrolling are invited to send a CHAT to begin a conversation.
