“I reach for a piece of wood. It turns into a lute. I do some meanness. It turns out helpful. I say one must not travel during the holy month. Then I start out, and wonderful things happen.” ~Rumi Like that, if we meditate and keep dancing, we will find our way. That is where...
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Samyama and Self Inquiry
We looked at how Samyama works in the lesson “The Workings Of Samyama“. Please review that lesson prior to moving ahead with this one. This is a slightly more advanced technique and will be helpful to those of us who have experienced some degree of inner silence and have practiced the core Samyama practice for...
The Workings Of Samyama
We introduced the practice of Samyama in Level 1. Samyama is a yogic technique originally introduced in the Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali (the foundational text of yogic practice, originally in Sanskrit, authored by the sage Patanjali in 2nd century India). The Yoga Sutras of Patanjai talks about 8 limbs, or facets, of Yoga (you may have...
Samyama
There is a practice described by Yogani in the AYP lessons called Samyama. It is an advanced technique, but Yogani has a wonderful way of separate the wheat from the chaff and simplifying a practice so it can be practiced by anyone. The only prerequisit for this practice is to have some inner silence when...