In Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa yoga, four underlying threads are always at play, harmonizing relationships through vinyāsa to bring balance, depth, and integrity. These threads, or “internal forms,” are breath, bandha (bonding), mudrā (sealing), and dṛṣṭi (gazing)

Clarity or conscious awareness is the fallout—the residue—from practicing yoga in this way, as an art rather than as a means of attaining this thing or that.

Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa yoga is just this: simple ujjāyī breathing with a little movement tossed in.

When the mind is dominated by extreme mental or emotional imbalance, or if there are subtle levels of physical tension and resistance within the body, it is virtually impossible to truly surrender to the entirety of what is occurring and to fully examine (and possibly embrace) an opposing perspective.

Half the world is given to us, but the other half is created by how we frame it.

citta. It is impossible to separate mind from Prāṇa on the subtle level, and the inner forms of practice gradually awaken an awareness of this unity.

It is particularly important in terms of satyam to keep questioning ourselves and our motives.

In a situation where maitrī or love is arising, it is good to notice the tendency for the mind and ego to jump in and immediately become attached to the circumstances or feelings, or to become fearful or unhappy when the situation changes. So just as it is important to practice maitrī, it is equally important to release attachment to the residue so

In the Yoga Sūtra, the kleśas are identified as the causes of suffering, all of them arising from the first, which is avidyā, or ignorance.