A Little Better: On Watching Your Mind Get You Hurt
Knowing what your mind does won’t stop it—but practice shortens the gap between recognition and reaction.
Narayana and Practice
On what yoga is really for — not just stretching and calm, but union with the everything of it all. A reflection on Narayana, the name Gopala, and being held by the infinite.
Teaching a Lineage I Never Fact-Checked
For years I could recite my lineage and couldn’t have told you which parts were history and which were marketing. So I ran an audit on my own values — and built the answer instead of only preaching it. Culture and Context is the humanities companion that lets you hold the source, not the paraphrase.
From Obedience to Inquiry: When I Started Asking Why in Practice
The values audit behind Foundations of Praxis: I kept teaching that beginners deserve to understand from day one — then I stopped talking about it and built the on-ramp. Designed sequence, guided audio, count videos, a Practice Recorder you own.
When self-inquiry becomes the product you resent
The polite version says abundance mindset. The honest version is that the math doesn’t work for most people teaching yoga. Not because they lack dedication. Not because they’re doing it wrong. Because…
The Anxious Generation Needs Pratyahara
Pratyahara — withdrawal from constant stimulation — isn’t escapism. It’s reclaiming your attention from algorithms designed to hijack it.
A recent Newsweek investigation into Gen Z women reveals what many of us already suspect: an entire generation is drowning in anxiety. Forty percent of young women want to leave the country permanently. A third feel anxious about the future almost all the time. Their friends are cycling through antidepressants like they’re trying on jeans. The culprits are familiar. Economic precarity. Climate doom. A dating landscape that treats people like products. And underneath it all, the relentless hum of nervous system overload from being constantly online.
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Read the full article: https://theyoga.club/the-anxious-generation-needs-pratyahara/
Original source: https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-women-quiet-crisis-11686238
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Concepts: Pratyahara · Santosha · Samskaras · Dharana
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When Your Past Self Makes You Cringe
The discomfort of remembering our past judgments is evidence of growth, not failure—it shows us the cultural scripts we’ve learned to question.
Looking back at how we judged others reveals how much we've grown in understanding consent, compassion, and complexity. From America's Next Top Model: Reality Check – Shandi's Story on rollingstone.com
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Read the full article: https://theyoga.club/when-your-past-self-makes-you-cringe/
Original source: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/americas-next-top-model-reality-check-netflix-shandi-1235505370/
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Concepts: Svadhyaya · Ahimsa · Dharma · Shadow
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The Reading List That Actually Matters
The books that change your practice aren’t always the ones everyone mentions—they’re the ones that make philosophy feel like practice.
Someone on Reddit asked where to start learning about yoga philosophy. Simple question. Deep rabbit hole. In a Tech Support post on Ashtanga.tech, we mapped the territory—books that actually deliver, not just the ones everyone mentions because they’re supposed to. There’s a difference. The reading list below isn’t exhaustive. It’s curated. These are the books that keep showing up in studios, on bedside tables, in the hands of teachers who’ve been at this for decades. They’re the ones that don’t just explain yoga—they change how you practice it.
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Read the full article: https://theyoga.club/the-reading-list-that-actually-matters/
Original source: https://ashtanga.tech/tech-support/books-to-learn-more-about-the-philosphy-of-yoga/
All content: https://mjh.yoga
Concepts: Yoga Sutras · Pratyahara · Samadhi · Svadhyaya
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The Zero-Sum Trap
Predatory hegemony isn’t strength—it’s avidya dressed up as strategy, mistaking extraction for security and deference for respect.
Stephen Walt’s analysis of predatory hegemony in Foreign Affairs reads like a case study in what happens when avidya — fundamental misperception — drives policy. The premise is simple: if you believe the world is zero-sum, you’ll act like a predator. You’ll extract, exploit, demand tribute. You’ll mistake deference for respect and compliance for partnership. Walt describes a shift from benevolent hegemony — where the U.S.
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Read the full article: https://theyoga.club/the-zero-sum-trap/
Original source: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/predatory-hegemon
All content: https://mjh.yoga
Concepts: Avidya · Aparigraha · Dharma · Santosha
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Breath of Life: Exploring the Philosophy of Pranayama in Ashtanga Yoga
Pranayama is powerful. Prepare to liberate yourself from the confines of restriction and dive deep into the philosophy that encourages you to breathe freely and fully. Join the conversation on the Breath of Life—where every inhale nourishes your being and every exhale releases the barriers that inhibit your potential. Embrace the philosophy of pranayama and unlock the door to a more vibrant you!