95: Finding Peace on the Path to Your Highest Self - The Fifth Step

Today we explore the fifth and final yama - aparigraha. The translation is non-possessiveness, or non-clinging, which in the chakra system we might experience as the act of letting go. In the Buddhist traditions, it's often said that clinging or grasping is the cause of unnecessary suffering and it is only when we learn to let go that we can find peace. Aparigraha, in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, invites us to incorporate that practice into our lives every day to help us find our true nature, or highest self. We'll take a look at what this practice means and might look like in modern life, why it's so difficult to do, and how we might be clinging to things without even realizing it.

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