How do we integrate Sri Patanjali\u2019s teachings about sex\/celibacy\/continence in today\u2019s world? What does brahmacharya<\/em> really mean? Swami Asokananda and Rev. Prem (the two yogis of the “Two Old Fogey Yogis<\/a>” podcast) consider various aspects of this yama<\/em> (ethical precept) in terms of its relationship to the Yoga tradition, to pratyahara<\/em> (sense-control) and to one\u2019s spiritual path today. They also discuss the importance of knowing if the path you are on will ultimately lead you to the goal you seek.<\/p>\n

Listen to this and all the episodes of the “Two Old Fogey Yogis” on Soundcloud<\/a>, iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Pandora and wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do we integrate Sri Patanjali\u2019s teachings about sex\/celibacy\/continence in today\u2019s world? What does brahmacharya really mean? Swami Asokananda and Rev. Prem (the two yogis of the “Two Old Fogey Yogis” podcast) consider various aspects of this yama (ethical precept) in terms of its relationship to the Yoga tradition, to pratyahara (sense-control) and to one\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[348,4],"tags":[2115,2116,514,1204,740,214,466,827,80,2114],"class_list":["post-14075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-philosophy","category-yoga-sutras","tag-celibacy","tag-continence","tag-integral-yoga","tag-spiritual-path","tag-swami-asokananda","tag-swami-satchidananda","tag-yamas","tag-yamas-niyamas","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-ethics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n