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Continue reading →: The Kleshas in Detail: Ragas or AttachmentThis week at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the five kleshas – the obstacles that prevent us from realizing our inherent peace – with a more detailed look at ragas or attachment. We’ll look at the various and perhaps unexpected forms attachment can take, how it…
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Continue reading →: The Kleshas in Detail: Asmita or EgoismThis week at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the five kleshas – the obstacles to realizing our inherent peace – with a more detailed look at asmita or egoism. We’ll look at the various and perhaps unexpected forms egoism can take, how it distorts our worldview…
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Continue reading →: The Kleshas in Detail: Avidya or “Misunderstanding”This week at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the five kleshas – the obstacles to realizing our inherent peace – with a more in-depth look at avidya or “misunderstanding.” We’ll look at the four primary forms of avidya and how misapprehension can be seen as the…
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Continue reading →: The Kleshas, or Five Obstacles to Realizing Our Inherent PeaceIn this week’s article at “The Living Yoga Blog” we shift our focus to another key theme of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the kleshas or the five obstacles that prevent us from realizing our inherent peace. Often translated as “veils,” the kleshas represent what the Yogis perceived as the five primary psychological states of misperception or misidentification that keep us from realizing our natural peace and joy. In the up-coming weeks, we’ll look at each of these forms of…
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Continue reading →: Stages of Mediation in the Eight Limbs of YogaIn this week’s article at “The Living Yoga Blog” we conclude our exploration of the Eight Limbs with a look at the fifth through eighth limbs describing the progressive stages of meditation. Because we’ve already discussed meditation in a previous article, today’s installment will focus more specifically on the relationship of the…
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Continue reading →: The Role of Asana & Pranayama in the Eight Limbs of YogaIn this week’s article at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our detailed exploration of the Eight Limbs with the third and fourth limbs, asana and pranayama. Because we’ve already discussed both of these in previous articles, today’s brief installment will focus more specifically on how they relate to the…
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Continue reading →: Ishvarapranidhana — Embracing What Is Beyond Our ControlIn this week’s article at “The Living Yoga Blog” we conclude our exploration of the ethical principles of Yoga with the final niyama, ishvarapranidhana or “learning to embrace those aspects of life beyond our control.” As with our previous principles, we’ll look at ishvarapranidhana in both the direct and subtle forms in…
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Continue reading →: Svadhyaya: Self-Study & Scriptural StudyIn this week’s article here at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the ethical principles of Yoga with the fourth niyama, svadhyaya, which has the dual meaning in the Yogic tradition of both self-study and study of scripture. As with our previous principles, we’ll look at svadhyaya…
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Continue reading →: Tapas or “Seeing Challenges as Potential Grounds for Growth”In this week’s article here at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the ethical principles of Yoga with the third niyama, tapas or “seeing challenges as potential grounds for growth.” As with our previous principles, we’ll look at tapas in both the direct and subtle forms in which it…
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Continue reading →: Santosha or ContentmentIn this week’s article at “The Living Yoga Blog” we continue our exploration of the ethical principles of Yoga with the second niyama, santosha or contentment. As with our previous principles, we’ll look at santosha in both the direct and subtle forms in which it can be understood, as well as concrete…
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