In this video, rebooted from 2019, she discusses the meaning of the Sanskrit terms yama, niyama, pranayama, asana, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi — as well as related concepts such as drishti, kaivalya, samskara, vriti, samyama and avidya. She points out that the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali can be read from either a dualist or [...]

Here she points out that the word used in the Yoga Sutras as the goal of yoga is kaivalya. While it is sometimes translated as enlightenment, it means resting in the self. She interprets this to mean a unity of body and mind. In Jungian depth psychology, body awareness is often pursued through the integration [...]

Here she describes the feminine as a psychological and spiritual principle that is not necessarily correlated with gender. (She describes New Thinking Allowed as embodying the feminine principle.) She notes that mother is associated with matter and earth godesses. Masculinity is associated mythologically with spirit and with sky gods. In yoga philosophy the feminine is [...]

Here she discusses the meaning of the Sanskrit terms yama, niyama, pranayama, asana, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi — as well as related concepts such as drishti, kaivalya, samskara, vriti, samyama and avidya. She points out that the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali can be read from either a dualist or non-dualist point of view. From [...]

Here she points out that the word used in the Yoga Sutras as the goal of yoga is kaivalya. While it is sometimes translated as enlightenment, it means resting in the self. She interprets this to mean a unity of body and mind. In Jungian depth psychology, body awareness is often pursued through the integration [...]

Here she describes the feminine as a psychological and spiritual principle that is not necessarily correlated with gender. (She describes New Thinking Allowed as embodying the feminine principle.) She notes that mother is associated with matter and earth godesses. Masculinity is associated mythologically with spirit and with sky gods. In yoga philosophy the feminine is [...]

Here she compares the western, depth psychology of Carl G. Jung with the yoga tradition of India, as outlined in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. She notes that Jung never accepted the eastern ideal that spiritual enlightenment could free one from mental suffering. Nor did Jungian theory address the concept of pure consciousness that is [...]

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Here she describes an experience of pure, unitary consciousness that initiated her journey of exploration into yoga philosophy and practice. She provides an overview of the Yoga Sutras — focusing on the distinction between pure consciousness and the contents of consciousness. She also describes the eight limbs of yoga and how each of them contributes [...]

Here she provides an overview of Jungian psychology — focusing on the special relationship between Freud and Jung. She also describes key Jungian concepts including archetypes, the collective unconscious, synchronicity, the self, word association tests, and creative illness. She notes that Jung studied many of the world’s mythological, religious, and mystical systems. He felt that [...]