The Yoga Sutras insist upon sexual purity, but its meaning has changed over the millennia.

It used to be that, to practice yoga, you needed to be celibate.

That means no sexual experiences of any kind, including self-pleasure.

The idea is, sexuality is purely a form of humanity. To transcend sexuality, and therefore your humanity, is to attain enlightenment.

That’s not always relevant in this day and age. Not all of us can be celibate; humanity would cease to exist.

Nowadays, it’s interpreted a bit more loosely.

So what does it mean to practice sexual purity?

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