Yes, You Can Control/Master Your Mind | Here’s Why/How

Control (one meaning as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary) | “to exercise restraining or directing influence over : REGULATE“ Do you remember the last time that you needed to use the bathroom? To be specific, think of the last time that you … Read MoreRead More

How The Truth, In Yoga, Sets You Free

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A Real And Easy Solution To The Ignorance Of Unconscious Bias

Why You Can’t See Reality Under The Influence of Ignorance: The Effect of Cognitive Bias/Kleshas (Poisons) on Perception Everyone knows (or should know by now, with the prevalence of, and science on, addiction problems in the United States and abroad), … Read MoreRead More

Working On Your Buddhi: What You Need To Think Effectively

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Podcast Ep. 84 [Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 2: The Farmer’s Luck | Excerpt]

“Your thoughts impact everything from your behavior[s] to your physiology…it is important to remain unattached to life’s occurrences and to…[your] often automatic, conditioned, compulsive interpretive thoughts about them…” … Read More

Podcast Ep. 83 [Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 1: The Empty Cup | Excerpt]

“This parable, which I…added some color and detail to that I hope you enjoyed, is often told to emphasize the point that if you want to learn something new, you must first be open-minded and willing to let go of … Read MoreRead More

You Are Manifested As A Social Being | Avoid Reducing Yourself To A Social Animal

You Are Manifested As A Social Being Connected To All In/Of Existence; Do Not Reduce Yourself (or Your Self) To A Social Animal, Dependent On, Or Desperate For, Others To Fulfill Your Inner Needs If healthy connection with other people … Read MoreRead More

Building Resilience After Trauma: Important Ways With Yoga And Meditation

What Is Trauma? Trauma is not a disease, a deficiency, nor an event. Even though Trauma is accompanied, and identified, by body-mind dis-ease (or dysregulation), that may be triggered by an event, or a series of (unfortunate) events, Trauma responses … Read MoreRead More

Desire And Non-Attachment: A Little Reminder For Practicing Yogis

“[M]ental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.” -Sutra 12 “Attachment is that which follows identification with pleasurable experiences.” -Sutra 2.7 “Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences.” -Sutra 2.8 And this “[c]linging to bodily life, [and] flowing … Read MoreRead More

Your Greatest Aim In Life | Goals, Resolutions, And Liberation

You have probably already heard the saying that “you were not born to eat, sleep, work, and then die,” or something like that. And yet, when people think about goal-setting, even in their Yoga practice, they often (no matter how … Read MoreRead More