The Practice(s) of Yoga: Collected Notes on Coming to Terms with Reality/Oneself

The following phenomenological reflections on the practice(s) of yoga are being updated. These notes will be removed from this post as they are added to new articles.

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the practices of yoga are simple.

you always already have the only thing you ever need:

your attention.

everything else is nonessential.

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in yoga, transformation is not optional;

who you become, however, is not up to you.

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yoga just is

no longer fleeing

yourself

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never finished,

always complete.

this is yoga.

attention

paying attention.

this is yoga.

sensation,

untranslated.

this is yoga.

no clinging.

not even to no-clinging.

this is yoga.

an ocean churned,

now soft as water.

this is yoga.

this.

this is yoga