The Yoga Sutras are one of the central texts of Yoga. They consist of 196 aphorisms describing the states of being that are yoga as well as suggested practices for finding our way back into those states of being. Sounds juicy, right?! This is the…
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Realism is sexy. It’s a harder sell than optimism, yes. Love & light sounds totally amazing (and it is…, but not on its own…keep reading). For some of us, the temptation to ignore the hard things, the ugly parts, the shadow and spiderwebs is strong.…
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Sweet doves, We’ve come to our third and final podcast in this series on the foundations of practice. (You can revisit the first two here & here.) As a reminder, these foundations come to us from 2.1 of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: tapah svadhyaya…
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HELLO! YAY! 200 Episodes! So excited to be together. I can hardly believe we have been together for 200 episodes. This episode features the second in a three-part series on the foundations of practice, or 3 pillars of practice as described by the Yoga Sutras.…
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Love-Doves, Hi. So happy to be here together. This episode kicks off a 3-episode series on the 3 pillars of practice as described by the Yoga Sutras. These pillars are referred to as the foundations of practice in chapter 2, sutra 1. Here’s the text…
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Hello Dearest Ones! This episode features the seasonal check-in. I have found this type of reflection to be super-helpful in deepening the practice of self-study, or svadhyaya. Svadhyaya is one of the 3 pillars of practice as described by the Yoga Sutras, as well as…
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Oh Sweethearts, I am so excited to share this conversation with Karan Bajaj with you! We talked about dharma, vairagya and the evolution of practice to our heart’s content. Hope you enjoy this episode. Karan Bajaj is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than…
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Hi lovers, SO happy to be back together today. We’ll resume our work with desire next week. This week, we’re talking about the 8 limbs of yoga as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. If this is interesting to you, please join us for…
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Sweet beloveds, I am so happy we are here together today. This episode is all about dropping deeper into your own practice. As I mentioned in episode 146 of Samadhi Rush, this is my season for practice (abhyasa, in yoga-talk), and here I talk about…
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(A vritti is a fluctuation of mind. A whirlpool of thought.) While driving to the grocery store on Monday, scanning through radio stations I heard the Dire Straits song “Romeo & Juliet.” I love that song. The first time I heard it, I was…
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