Dear listeners, thank you for joining us, the Two Old Fogey Yogis on this journey in which we explored Yoga precepts, spiritual teachings, and our personal paths. Currently your Two Old Fogey Yogis are getting increasingly busy as the pandemic hopefully begins to abate, so we’re signing off for now…. and who knows, perhaps at some point, we’ll laun…

What motivates you to get out of bed each day? What do you aspire to in your life, on your spiritual path? And, how do you live your Yoga? These are some of the questions our two yogis will consider in this episode. The topic of motivation also leads them into a deep discussion about the distinction between living a life based in nonduality vs. dua…

Our two yogis continue their discussion of aparigraha, the fifth and final yama, with an examination of two of its very subtle aspects: the teaching of not receiving gifts, and of one’s relationship to the physical body. What kind of invisible strings may be attached to a gift given and received? And, how much of our energy is spent invested in bod…

We come into this life with nothing and we leave with nothing, so why do we spend so much of our time holding onto things? That’s what we’ll get into in this deep dive into the final yama from the Yoga Sutras: aparigraha. This yama is multifaceted and teaches non-hoarding, non-greediness, not accepting gifts and more. We’ll also explore how it diff…

In part 1 of their discussion on brahmacharya, our two yogis delved into the subtle layers of this Yoga teaching. In this episode, they go deeper still and Swami Asokananda talks about stumbling blocks on the path and in leading a life of brahmacharya as a sannyasi (monk who takes vows of celibacy). He candidly shares a personal challenge, what ens…

How do we integrate Sri Patanjali’s teachings about sex/celibacy/continence in today’s world? What does brahmacharya really mean? Our two yogis consider various aspects of this yama (ethical precept) in terms of its relationship to the Yoga tradition, to pratyahara (sense-control) and to one’s spiritual path today. They also discuss the importance …