Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 3: The Blind Men And The Elephant | Podcast Episode 85 [Excerpt]

“The nature of the convoluted illusory projection of reality is such that you can literally be looking at something directly, experiencing it with your own senses directly, and still be wrong about it in one way or another when pieces … Read MoreRead More

Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 2: The Farmer’s Luck | Podcast Episode 84 [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

Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 1: The Empty Cup | Podcast Episode 83 [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

Podcast Announcement | New Series

“Whether you are a longtime or new listener, I invite you to join me for our new Story-Time And Yoga Sutras series, which will complement and deepen our Sutra Studies Reflections and add a bit more understanding and context to … 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

5 Things You Are Naturally Good At (Especially When You Get Your Ego Out Of The Way)

“Ignorance is regarding the impermanent as permanent, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant and the non-Self as the Self” (Sutra 2.5), and this state of mind is a breeding ground for all kinds of unfortunate karmas and ways … Read MoreRead More

Nirodha In Yoga: How To “Restrain” The Modifications Of The Mind-Stuff And Rest In Your True Nature

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If Your Ego Is Bigger Than Existence Itself, Then It Might Only Be Full Of Itself

If you place value on the thoughts, opinions, and judgments of others (good or bad), then, most likely, you also place value on your own thoughts, opinions, and judgments, which means that you are giving more relevance and importance to … Read MoreRead More

Being Centered In The Self Is Different From Being self-centered

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Why Yoga For Everyone? | Daring To Make The Discipline Accessible And Safe For All

Yoga, as a natural phenomenon/process of human inner evolution back to Union with the Self and divine expression, has always (obviously) been open to all people. No one person, or even group of people, can (no matter how powerful or … Read MoreRead More