IN THIS TRACK:

• History of yoga
• About the first yoga sutra
• Using the philosophy to create presence with difficult emotions
• Emotional landscape
• Equanimity
• Compassion
• Developing the capacity to "be with"

This Podcast Covers:

• Sutra 1.2: Yoga Citta Vrtti Nirodah
• The meaning of each individual sanskrit word in Sutra 1.2
• The meaning of them all together
• The definition of Yoga
• The difference between Purusa and Prakriti
• What the Citta is
• What is Suffering
• What is Acceptance
• Reading from Nisargadatta on Pain
• Reading from Adyashanti on Depth
• Learning to work with pain instead of running from it
• Learning to identify with freedom instead of the story of our pain
• Equanimity: staying present with changes
• Will, Willpower & Willingness
• What it means to apply this to our lives
• Quotes from Nelson Mandela, Freiderich Neitzche, Martha Graham, Nini Melvin, and poetry from Antonio Machado.

This Podcast Covers:

• The goals of Yoga
• The distinction between Purusa and Prakriti
• Readings from BKS Iyengar on Patanjali
• Readings from Adyashanti on letting go of our ego structure
• Sutra 1.3 on resting as awareness, as "being-ness"
• Reading from Pema Chodron on Learning to Stay
• Letting go of structures that create suffering
• The Ego Cacoon
• Getting Present