Samadhi isn't a binary experience; it is stratified into various levels and stages. Here, we'll take a look at the first level of Samadhi called Savikalpa Samadhi, also known as Samprajnata, or Sabija Samadhi. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

Contentment is a quality that can make a poor person wealthy, or a wealthy person poor. The wealthiest person is not who has the most, but rather who needs the least. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

Kevala Kumbhaka is the state in which the breath becomes suspended during the state of Samadhi. This comes from Yoga Sutra 2.51, which according to BKS Iyengar can be described a Prana Vritti Nirodha. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

Karma can be defined as Action, the volition of actions, or the results of past actions. But what is the difference between Karma and Karma Yoga? Let's take a look at how Karma Yoga is a practice, and one of the traditional paths (Margas) of Yoga which is delineated by actions that create bondage or liberation. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

The 8 limbs of Yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Ashtanga Yoga) outlines a methodology from the gross to the subtle to practice Raja Yoga, or the Yoga of meditation. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

The Gunas are the 3 primordial elements that make up anything that can be seen, felt, experienced, or observed (prakriti). The Gunas can be described as the energetic, emotive, or tonal qualities of everything in the manifest. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

As you familiarize yourself with the various concepts and principles from Yoga philosophy, over time these practices can become like second nature in helping to inform and guide behaviors and decisions from day to day and moment to moment, however, it can also be helpful to put a few systems in place to check in, to perform some self-study (Svadhyaya), and notice areas which might require some energy and attention. Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses

Satya is the second Yama from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Truthfulness is speech plays a role in our perception and since the process of Raja Yoga as us to find discernment (viveka) between what is real and what is a projection of our own perception, this is a practice that helps tune into right-knowledge of the nature of reality. In addition to truthfulness in speech, Satya asks us to be truthful with ourselves and to live in alignment with our true nature. As Deborah Adele says, through this practice "We benefit, and everyone around us benefits." Learn more at: https://www.elevateytt.com/courses