“Just practice, and the rest will come.”

In Part 1 of our talk, Tiaga Prem and I discuss 1) how the call to a spiritual discipline generally begins with the question, “who am I?” (and what that actually means); 2) how awareness and listening are the real goal of yoga; and 3) how to play the game without losing track of what we're doing and why.

Stay tuned for Part 2--next week.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:39 Tiaga Prem’s draw to yogathrough Bhagavan Das

10:52 What is yoga?

11:54 Who am I?

13:31 Storytime from our firsttime in Columbus together

15:37 Awareness and listening asthe goal

17:47 “Ending the mindfluctuations” gives a false hope

19:47 What to do with the thoughtsthat are not in support of your best self

21:41 How are you identifying withyour thoughts

24:57 Tiaga Prem’s teachers asexamples

28:08 Most of us have to play thegame

29:29 Not losing track of what we’redoing and why