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The Pull of the Senses: On Aparigraha and Pratyahara
By Bibi Lorenzetti, Newburgh Yoga Shala The word aparigraha is usually translated as “non-grasping” or “non-possessiveness,” and when I first encountered it, I understood it the way most of us do — as a reminder not to be greedy, not to accumulate more than we need. That understanding isn’t wrong. But over years of practice and study, I’ve come to feel it much more viscerally than that. Pari means “all sides.” Graha means “to seize, to grab, to take.” And here’s the piece tha
