By: Silvia Mordini, Featured on DoYouYoga.com
As a result of practicing yoga, I have changed the way I think about generosity. I have learned to give without expectation and to always remain mindful of the quality of my generosity.
Generosity in yoga is an interesting learning based partly on two of the five Yamas:
- It means the opposite of taking (Asteya) whereby we share freely with a focused quality effort.
- Generosity implies looking at life through a prism of abundance instead of scarcity. In yoga, this is known as Aparigraha: there is more than enough for everyone.
As Rumi says, “In generosity and helping others: be like the river. In compassion and grace: be like the sun.”
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