Santosha | संतोष | Contentment | Satisfaction

Dall-E & the E.T. - Santosha

Santosha, the second Niyama of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is sometimes spelled Santosa, is a portmanteau in Sanskrit, derived from Saṃ-prefix (सं-, सम्-) and Tosha (तोष (from root √तुष्, √tuṣ)). SaM-, means “completely”, “altogether” or “entirely”,[5] and Tosha (from the root √tus), “contentment”, “satisfaction”, “acceptance”, “being comfortable”.[5] In modern Californian yoga culture, we say, “chillin” to express this. Contentment is the name of the … Read more