#235 Patience in Yoga Practice: Abhyāsa, Vairāgya, and the Wisdom of Stages
In this episode we explore one of yoga's most essential lessons: patience.
Drawing from Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras 3.6 and 1.12, we reflect on why everything in yoga unfolds in stages and why true progress comes through the twin practices of steady effort, abhyāsa, and non-attachment, vairāgya.
Through personal stories, including my struggle with Pincha Mayūrāsana and unexpected ease in Mayūrāsana, we learn how forcing or rushing can lead to harm, while patience and surrender create the conditions for real growth.
Yoga, is like tending a garden. Each posture is a seed, and with care, time, and…
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