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Back to EpisodesThe Missing Context of the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Prasad Rangnekar
Description
The 8 limbs of yoga are mentioned often in the modern yoga world. Especially if you've studied in yoga teacher training. But often, you're probably exploring only the very surface of this.
The contextualization is missing. In this episode, our (repeat) guest Prasad Rangnekar dives deep into not only giving us a clear context of the 8 limbs in the grand scheme of yoga. But he clarifies how to move through the 8 limbs as a modern-day practitioner.
Whether you think you know the 8 limbs of yoga or not, this conversation will be enriching.
Episode highlights
- How central are the 8 limbs to yoga?
- The relationship between the margas & the 8 limbs
- Does everyone need to practice all 8 limbs?
- What have we lost sight of?
- Why do the yamas and niyamas start the 8 limbs?
- Asana in the past
- Shouldn't pratyahara be central to our yoga practice?
- Difference between dharana and dhyana
- Exploring Samadhi as a concept
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Guest Bio:
Prasad Rangnekar, is a Yoga Educator from India who teaches in over 15 countries for the past 26 years. Prasad’s Yoga education started at the age of 9, and over the last 36 years, he has been studying Yoga traditionally, in a lineage, as well as academically, at a university. Prasad regards meditative silence as his greatest teacher and goes into 3 month-long silence retreats every year.
Prasad is associated with the Natha Lineage, the founding lineage of Hatha Yoga, over the last 16 years and has stayed and studied with Natha Yoga Masters in India and Nepal.
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