“[R]enunciation and isolation support you to reduce the amount of external stimuli that can get you attached to sense objects like people, places, thoughts, things, and so forth in the world…” … Read More
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Sutra Studies Week 60: Check-In | Hormones, Desires, And Fears, Oh My! | Controlling Your Animal Nature To Be Seduced And/Or Distracted By “Pleasurable” To “Scary” Things
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Sutra Studies Week 60: Mastery Over The Effects Of Objects On The Senses And The Mind (Sutras 2.54-2.55)
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Regulating Your Body-Mind & Coming Into Being | Part 5-Pratyahara And Withdrawing Inward For Fuller Awareness Of The Self | Satsang Full Recording | 11-23-21
This meeting explores how going inward and withdrawing your senses from, and attachments* to, external “objects” prepares you for greater/deeper understanding of the Self. … Read More

Sutra Studies Week 28: Check-In | The Importance Of Self-Awareness For Sensory Control
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Sutra Studies Week 28: Moving To Subtler Levels Of Awareness In Your Practice | Using Concentration On Your Senses To Gain Inner Peace (Sutra 35)
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Yoga Tip/Challenge # 2: Be Kind To Yourself
In order to practice effectively, and challenge yourself to do better than you did before without breaking your commitment to ahimsa (non-violence), you must be able to distinguish between injury-inducing pain and growth/transformation-inducing discomfort. … Read More