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Course 2 – Mind Control: Concentration & Precision in Practice

I. Svādhyāya: Study of the Yoga Sūtras and Related Yogic Literature

Yoga as mind control: Harnessing the powers of the mind – sūtras 1.1 & 1.2

Mind control in the Bhagavad Gītā: Could a monkey practice meditation?

The practice of ‘wise attention’

Concentration training & precision in Iyengar Yoga: Technicalities and the journey within

II. Sādanā: Spiritual Practice

Invocation to Patañjali: Part 1

Invocation to Patañjali: Part 2

III. Recorded lectures

Lecture 1 – Dhāraṇā: Concentration defined

Lecture 2 – Concentration practice: Working with the five habits of mind and body

Lecture 3 – Contemplative sādhanā: Seeking inner anchoring

IV. Smṛti sādanā: Mindfulness practice and reflections for learning

Working with the five habitual states of mind in practice

V. Smṛti sādanā in saṇgam: Reflections in community

Reflections in community

VI. Required/suggested reading and references

Required/suggested reading

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Mind control in the Bhagavad Gītā: Could a monkey practice meditation?

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