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The first two limbs of the eight-fold route of yoga sutras - the basic text for classical yoga - are analyzed in this spiritual guide to the practice of yoga. Foundational to all or any yogic thought, they are considered to be the guidelines to the yoga way of living that free individuals to take possession of these lives, direct them toward the fulfillment they seek, and gain the skills to choose frame of mind, thought, and action. The first five guidelines are known as the yamas - a Sanskrit phrase that translates to "restraints" - and encompass nonviolence, truthfulness, not stealing, nonexcess, and nonpossessiveness. The very last five are known as the niyamas, or observances - purity, contentment, self-discipline, self-study, and surrender.
