Sober Yoga Girl (Alexandra McRobert)

Sober Yoga Girl (Alexandra McRobert)

Day 23: Accessing the Soul Through Meditation

Exploring Purusha, Prakriti and the Practice of Samyama

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Alexandra McRobert
Apr 20, 2025
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Today, one of my Yoga Sutra study groups explored karma, the nature of suffering, and the concepts of Purusha and Prakriti. These foundational ideas in Samkhya philosophy offer a lens through which to understand our existence. (I call them P & P for simplicity.)

P & P

Purusha is the soul, the Atma, that transcends lifetimes. It is unchanging and eternal. …

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