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Inside The Bungalow Blog: I'm Engaged...Now What: Yoga Philosophy, Ahimsa (Non-violence)

I'm Engaged...Now What: Yoga Philosophy, Ahimsa (Non-violence)

Photo taken at Inside The Bungalow by Jacquelyn Phillips with momentsinfilm.com.

I've explored Pantanjali's yoga philosophy before with the loving-kindness meditation. Over the next ten weeks on I'm Engaged...Now What, we will explore the yamas and niyamas (the first two limbs of Pantanjali's eightfold path) and how to apply these concepts to planning your wedding. Planning a wedding can be stressful. It is easy to slip into old conditioning and patterns, especially when family and finances are involved. Everyone tends to bring their own agenda, expectations and ideas to the table. The first yama, ahimsa (non-violence, non-harming) is the foundation for building a virtuous life. It reminds us that in harming another, we also harm ourselves. Practicing ahimsa while planning your wedding means that you become conscious of the impact your thoughts, words, and actions have on yourself and others around you.

While planning your wedding work to apply ahimsa to your thoughts, words, and actions:
1. Refrain from judging or negative thoughts. Planning your wedding is a wonderful opportunity to honor your authenticity and inner beauty while shedding destructive thought patterns about yourself, such as the need to be perfect or thin.
2. "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Enough said.
3. "The divine in me bows to the divine in you." When you are mindful of ahimsa, you see everyone around you as an extension of the divine and are more capable of coming from a place of love and understanding rather than fear and reactivity with every interaction (regardless if it is with your future spouse, inlaws, parents, siblings, vendors, etc.).