Sutra Studies Week 6: Check-In | The Greatest Christmas Gift You Can Give To Yourself And Others

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Don’t let your Christmas spirit only be reserved for the holiday season. Always remember that your well-intentioned thoughts, words, and actions are the greatest gifts that you can give to yourself and to those around you. … Read More

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8 Limbs Of Yoga Outlined | The Patanjali Eightfold Eight-Limbed Path

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A Summary | Inspired By The Raja (Royal)/Patanjali Ashtanga Eight-Limbed Path There are many (often limited) ways to define Yoga by modern standards. In essence, however, Yoga practice is a higher, intelligent, lifestyle choice marked by striving to be the … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 6: Let Your Thoughts Be Your Guidepost (Sutra 5)

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“There are five kinds of mental modifications which are either painful or painless.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Vrttayah Pancatayyah Klistaklistah Vrttayah: modifications/distortions | Pancatayyah: fivefold | Klista: painful | Aklistah: painless “If you really want to be selfish [for … Read More … Read More

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The Eight-Limbed Path Of Yoga-Part 3: Limbs Five And Six | Pratyahara And Dharana

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The Context of Your Reality Within Your Primary Locus Of Control Freedom from the external pulls of the world is the only way to truly gain Self-Realization and liberation from suffering. This is what limbs five and six on the … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 4: Looking Into The Mirror Of Your Projected Mind (Sutra 3)

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“Then the Seer (Self) abides in Its own nature.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Tada Drastuh Svarupe’vasthanam Tada: then | Drastuh: the Seer | Sva: own | rupe: in (itself) color/nature | Avasthanam (Vasthanam): abides “[T]he Seer, or true you, … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 4 [Sutra Studies Week 3: Reflection on Mind Mastery | Choose To “Love More Worry Less” (Sutra 2)]

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“When I say that everything that was created up until this point in history is simply a result of the choices, and different levels of consciousness, of the people who have existed and exist today on our planet, and that … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 3: Check-in | Why Practice Yoga?

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When we practice Yoga each day, we gain mastery of/over the most important thing that we really have (or need to have) control of in our lives; we gain control of our self (in the form of the ego-body-mind). And … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 3: On Mind Mastery | Choose To “Love More Worry Less” (Sutra 2)

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“The restrain of the modifications of the mind-stuff is Yoga.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Yogas Chitta Vrtti Nirodhah Yogas: Yoga is | Citta: Mind-field | Vrtti: Modifications | Nirodhah: Restraint Yoga–at least on the Eight-Limbed path–is a practice that … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 3 [Sutra Studies Week 2: Reflections On The Practice As The Path (Sutra 1)]

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“Music has always been an important part of my life, and singing even more so since, from childhood, song has been my primary way to connect with my spirit and to safely work through emotions in order to express my … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 2: Your Practice Is Your Path (Sutra 1)

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“Now the exposition of Yoga is being made.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Atha Yoganusasanam Atha: Now | Yoga: Yoga (Union) | Anusasanam: Exposition (comprehensive explanation or display)/Instruction/Discipline/Regiment/Order We all know, or should know by now, that the only way … Read More … Read More

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