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Addiction in Yoga – Daniel Simpson

Addiction in Yoga – Daniel Simpson

Discussing the problem of striving for more with Adam Keen

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Nov 13, 2024
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I was recently a guest on the Keen on Yoga podcast. Our conversation began with the question of why people “push so hard” in practice, and whether this was a particularly Western phenomenon. We segued from there into yoga history, and modern confusion about how objectives relate to traditions.

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