Discipline the Body

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In this clip from his classes on the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji discusses why seekers need to discipline the body and a couple of ways to do so. He illuminates the idea that for every activity we undertake in our lives there is a special way we use our bodies - this in itself is a kind of discipline. When we sleep we lay down, when we eat we sit in a certain way and use our hands and mouths in a specific way. Paramahamsaji points out that we should discipline ourselves even when we are alone.

Paramahamsaji also discusses how discipline of the body extends to the food we eat. With scriptural references including from chapter six of the Bhagavad Gita, he makes clear that “the food you eat also eats you,” and discusses what this means and how we can avoid the negative effects of our indiscipline on our sadhana.

Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji is a revered Kriya Yoga master who travels the world over teaching Kriya Yoga and how to practice spirituality in daily lives. His teachings cover a broad expanse of spiritual topics which include yoga, meditation, practical spirituality and also deep metaphorical interpretation of Vedanta and many scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra of Sage Patanjali, Durga Saptashati, different Upanishads. He is the current Guru in a long and unbroken lineage of Masters starting with Babaji Maharaj and including such spiritual giants as Yogiraj Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashaya, Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri, Shri Bhupendranath Sanyal Mahashaya, Paramahamsa Yogananda the author of Autobiography of a Yogi, Swami Satyananda Giri, and Paramahamsa Hariharananda. Please visit http://www.kriya.org to learn more about the Guru and his lineage, and also about his mission.