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Yoga Sutra 2.43 Effects of enthusiasm (tapas)
How do you express your energy, commitment and enthusiasm?
Tapas is a process of self-regulation. Are you aware of your patterns in movement, posture, breathing, thought, and emotions?
Which patterns contribute to enliven your outlook and the overall tone of your feelings?
Which don’t?
Yoga Sutra 2.44 Effects of wisdom (svadhyaya)
How are you studying yourself and true wisdom?
For you what is life?
Where do you find wisdom?
How do you recognize true wisdom?
Do you really know yourself?
What does Supreme Being mean to you?
Yoga Sutra 2.47 Releasing struggle and endless integration
Are struggles and distractions sources of inefficiencies?
What are the sources of your struggles when you practice asana? Are your struggles a symptom of your assumptions and expectations? What is your relationship to time in your practice?
Can your asana and vinyasa practice be a timeless abiding in contemplative presence?
Yoga Sutra 2.49 Pranayama: Breath regulation
Pranayama enhances sensitivity and reduces inefficiencies
What is your level of awareness of your respiratory system?
What moves in your body when you breathe? Do you hold your breath involuntarily?
What are the connections between breath, activity, mind and emotions?
Yoga Sutra 2.51 Breath beyond regulation
Deep connection with the subtleties of breath and vital energy
What happens to your breath when your mind is absorbed in something fascinating? What happens when you try to lengthen your breath with consistency? What happens when you shorten your breathing to its minimum level?
Yoga Sutra 2.53 Mind fit for concentration
Once you choose a point of focus can you stay with it?
Can you neutralize arising distractions?
If you are noticing a calmer and more focused mind, how does it influence your outlook, perspective, choices, and interactions?
Is your ability to focus influenced by choosing a meaningful focal point?
Weaving the thread of yoga into life
Y.O.G.A. S.I.M.P.L.E.
What distracts me from being fully present in the moment that I am right now?
Is it possible for me to modulate those distractions?
What is the origin of these distractors? Is it from my beliefs, my preferences, my memories, my dreams?
Could I just keep returning patiently to giving my full attention to what I am doing right now?
What obstacles do i find as i try this?
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Yoga Sutra 3.10 Inner Silence Expands
Peaceful impressions contribute to expanding inner silence.
Is being more aware of your tendencies motivating you to cultivate helpful tendencies?
How are you cultivating greater peace in your outer and inner life?
What are the effects of your practice, a tendency towards greater harmony or disharmony?
