Category: Yoga

The Tension of the Opposites: Yoga, Mind, and Wholeness

The Tension of the Opposites: Yoga, Mind, and Wholeness Yoga and depth psychology – the tension of opposites between effort and ease

Updated October 2025 The Mind’s Need for Certainty In both yoga and psychology, growth often happens in the space between effort and surrender, the gray area we resist but deeply need. This is the heart of tension of the opposites, a practice that invites us to hold strength and softness, control and release, doing and […]

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