The purpose is not to harm others or ourselves but the question has always been on my mind if we feel we are being mistreated do we protect ourselves?
A Warrior with Great Virtue
Tag: #yogasutras
The Yamas
Each person has their own version of all of these things and who are we to say that anyone’s version is wrong.
Whatever Commands the Love of your Heart:
365:214:21 Also shapes the direction of your life. Truth, good or bad, we are prone to follow our hearts. We were created to love and to have passion for things and people. We also are wanderers from truth. We seek pleasures from worldly things and we are all human, this is the norm. To be …
Never Ending Work
Understanding 365:D36 Happy Friday!! I normally like to do a yoga sutra on Friday but I have to admit I am still rolling around with non-attachment. My conclusion with the first two stages is this is never ending, because we cannot work on all attachments at once, we start with the ones that we can …
One Who is Endeavoring
Understanding: 365 D 24 Yatamana – the first stage of the lower level of non-attachment. The word means one who is endeavoring. Having the ability to notice your thoughts, feelings, emotions and words, a self reflection a self study in order to determine how meaningful our lives are. A quest of ourselves to ourselves to …
Yatamana
Understanding: 365 D23 Yatamana is the first part or stage of the lower level of non-attachment. The word itself, “Yatamana” is derived from Saḿskrta root verb “yata” + suffix “shánac” and it means “one who is endeavoring”. One who is endeavoring, exerting, trying, attempting to do…. That sounds pretty amazing so far but according to …
Non-Attachment
365 D22 Happy Yoga Sutra Friday! Yoga Sutra 1.15: Lack of craving for the objects known by the senses and described in the scriptures is dispassion or non-attachment. This level of dispassion enables the yogi to gain a high degree of self-mastery; hence it is called vaśīkāra: self-regulating, self-controlling, self-guiding. So detachment is used in …
Grounded
Foundation 365: D 15 Happy Yoga Sutra Friday! 1.14 Sa Tu Dirgha-Kala-Nairantarya-Satkarasevito-Drdha-Bhumih sa thattu verily, definitelydīrgha longkāla timenairantarya continuously, without any interruptionsatkāra respectāsevita fully attended, completely serveddṛḍha firm, strong, unshakeable bhūmiḥ ground Practicing with a sincere devotion will find you grounded in truth, grounded in your values, grounded in your goals. Having the ability to …