Devotee, cosmic messenger, philosopher, divine mischief-maker. What the wandering sage with the vina teaches about remaining free while wholly engaged in the world.
Begin reading →A verse on prāṇāyāma from the Yoga Sutras, set beside what contemporary neuroscience now understands about slow exhalation and the parasympathetic state.
Its source, its mechanism, how to begin, what to expect in the first weeks, and the errors that quietly undo the practice.
A passage on the body as chariot, the senses as horses, and the mind as reins — newly translated and briefly introduced.
Contemporary research on slow, attentive breathing describes a measurable shift toward parasympathetic dominance — the body's "rest and digest" state. The verse names from the inside what the instruments now trace from without.
A long conversation with a cognitive scientist who spent a decade studying meditators — on what the data can and cannot reach.
Read the conversation →A short reading list at the seam of contemplative science and philosophy of mind — what each gets right, and where the tradition pushes back.
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