yamas
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2015
I didn't get in to Mysore for January, but when my teacher asks "who is your teacher" to one of those who have shared space in my Shala, I feel like I'm there, and niyamas take over. Is this "parampara"? Wow. I miss and love my teacher, but just wow. #dotherightthing
2020
Dr. Whit serving useful intel on the yamas and racial justice activism
in imageDr. Whit serving useful
intel on the yamas and
racial justice activism
Abstraction:
"Non harming"
Negative karma
Intention
Absence of envy
AHIMSA
PRAGTICAL:
Active non-violence
(Peaceful protest)
Protection of self & others
tal)
AR Righting your wrongs
(Accidental harm)
Humanize the enemy
@whitcherie
intel on the yamas and
racial justice activism
Abstraction:
"Non harming"
Negative karma
Intention
Absence of envy
AHIMSA
PRAGTICAL:
Active non-violence
(Peaceful protest)
Protection of self & others
tal)
AR Righting your wrongs
(Accidental harm)
Humanize the enemy
@whitcherie
2023
in imageI'm afraid to
truly let myself
feel desire
because l get
obsessive.
@gendersauce
Desire when
paired with
non-
attachment-
becomes
devotion, not
compulsion.
Words Gendersauce
truly let myself
feel desire
because l get
obsessive.
@gendersauce
Desire when
paired with
non-
attachment-
becomes
devotion, not
compulsion.
Words Gendersauce
2025
in image#ashtangacollider
NON-GRASPING / LESS WANTING
DEPRIVATION
SUFFICIENCY
Scarcity Mindset
REFRAME
APARIGRAHA AS
"I HAVE ENOUGH"
Enoughness
Denying Needs
Envy & Dropouts
Distinguish
Needs from
Grasping
Meeting Needs
Sustainable Practice
Address When
to Let Go or Hold
Address
Comparison
Recognize
Grasping Patterns
Discern When
to Let Go
....
NON-GRASPING / LESS WANTING
DEPRIVATION
SUFFICIENCY
Scarcity Mindset
REFRAME
APARIGRAHA AS
"I HAVE ENOUGH"
Enoughness
Denying Needs
Envy & Dropouts
Distinguish
Needs from
Grasping
Meeting Needs
Sustainable Practice
Address When
to Let Go or Hold
Address
Comparison
Recognize
Grasping Patterns
Discern When
to Let Go
....
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