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Episode 297: F#K Contentment. I Want More! ... Contentment? or Complacency? If I'm content with my life, why the hell would I try to make it better? That's the tension at the heart of santoṣa , the yogic practice of...

296. Santosha: I'll Be Happy When… "I'll be happy when…" More money. A better relationship. The job. The body. The house. Recognition. The next experience. The travel. Sound familiar? In this episode of My Daily Thread...

295. Moreover, one gains purity of sattva, cheerfulness of mind, one-pointedness, mastery over the senses, and fitness for Self-realization. Exploring Saucha the purity of intent, and the clarity of our intent brings us...

Śauca — Sutra 2.40 Sanskrit (Transliteration) śaucāt svāṅga-jugupsā parair asaṁsargaḥ English Translation From purity arises a natural distaste for excess attachment to one's own body and for contact with what clouds...

शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः Niyamas 1:32. śauca-santoṣa-tapaḥ-svādhyāya-īśvara-praṇidhānāni niyamāḥ In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Niyamas are the inner disciplines of yoga. If the Yamas describe...

Man in the Arena In this episode, Jeff reads and reflects on one of the most enduring passages on courage and participation: Theodore Roosevelt's "Theodore Roosevelt'" from his 1910 speech Citizenship in a Republic...

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! As we usher out 2025, we play the yearly word game. A huge thank you to all the My Daily Thread Tribe! We an extra shout out to Peter and Laura, both who admitted that My Daily...

Sutra 2.39 अपारिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथन्तासम्बोधः Aparigrahasthairye janma-kathantā-sambodhah Word-by-Word Breakdown Aparigraha (अपारिग्रह) a = not / without pari = around, excessive, surrounding graha = grasping, holding...

Join Jeff and Eunice Peterson as they discuss Trauma, Gratitude and Yoga. Jeff and Eunice will be conducting a workshop together at Yoga Passage in Calgary, Alberta on the weekend of November the 8th.

We continue our exploration of the yamas in Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras with the fourth principle: brahmacarya . This yama is often misunderstood, yet it carries profound wisdom for how we direct our energy in modern life...

Continuing the theme... Yoga Sūtra II.37 , which speaks to the practice of asteya , or non-stealing. The sūtra reads: asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ sarva-ratnopasthānam "When one is firmly established in non-stealing, all jewels...

287-Asteya – don't steal my primary series poster In this episode of My Daily Thread , we continue our exploration of the Yoga Sūtras , searching for practical wisdom we can apply every day. We've already covered ahiṃsā...

It's been a minute — I took some time to get out to the mountains, visit friends, and reset. Now we're back, continuing our journey through the Yoga Sūtras . If you want your own "sunset and reset," check out the NOW is...

In this special episode we are happy to have Dr. Paul Bramadat back to chat about his book Yogalands. Paul Bramadat received his BA in religious studies from the University of Winnipeg (1990), his MA in religion and...

Today we're taking another pass at satya, the second yama from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The sutra we're focusing on is YS 2.36: satya-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ kriyā-phala-āśrayatvam —when one is firmly established in truth, their...