The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner

Feeling is the key to the present moment. It anchors us in experience.

We are always dancing between form and impermanence.

Twelve-step philosophy states that the “definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting different results.”

Yoga is a way of being and a mode of existing.

we are extremely elastic,

Asteya literally means “not taking what is not freely given.” As a practice, nonstealing, like all of the other yamas, orients us toward the transparency of all things and their interrelationship.

The root teacher in yoga is always the present moment. The word guru comes over to English as “gravity.” Guru denotes a center of gravity. The root gu stands for darkness; ru for its removal. The guru, or the teacher, is one who sheds light in the darkness of avidyā. The guru is one who understands the law of gravity and other basic laws of the uni

the myofascial system is also in a state of balance with the emotional body that is also interdependent with the nervous system, immune system, and mind. In other words, we see in the theory of the five sheaths an ecology of interdependence. This ecological, physiological, and psychological approach to the mind-body allows us to see contingency at

The stories of “I, me, and mine” are generated when we identify consciousness with pure awareness and thus create a gap in our experience between what is actually occurring and the deep-seated need to filter what is happening through stories about ourselves. Constantly perceiving our experience through the lens of “me” creates separation from the n