Living a kindness-forward life and expressing ahimsa with every action, deed, and word will balance the mind and increase a sense of happiness that will influence others to be kind.

The yamas are designed to guide the yogi on how to navigate the world through our behaviors and actions. Individually and together, the framework of the yamas will give support during hard times so we have the energy to enjoy the good times.

The purpose of yoga is to calm the mind. Thoughts and feelings ebb and flow, mostly without our direction. According to the Yoga Sutra, there are five states of the mind — the chitti vritti. These can be either helpful or harmful, depending on various factors. The chattering chitti vritti create tangled perceptions that influence how we behave. Yoga calms the chitti vritti and let's us be chill.