New Adventures

How has everyone been? Quick update...

Dec 16, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

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August 2025

Exhale & Hold Your Breath

(to Break Cycles of Unconscious Consumption)

Aug 17, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

Four Keys to Maintaining Inner Peace

(in a world with many, many, MANY humans)

Aug 10, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

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June 2025

Why Such Emphasis on Breath?

Yeah, You Can’t Actually ‘Breathe Into Your Hamstrings’ — But That’s Not the Point

Jun 22, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

The Meaning of “Om” in Yoga

Naming the unnameable, a sound for what can’t be said

Jun 1, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

May 2025

Pure Consciousness

Sutra 24: Kleśa karma vipāka āśayair aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa viśeṣa īśvaraḥ — Īśvara is the supreme Purusha, unaffected by any afflictions, actions, fruits…

May 4, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

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April 2025

Samadhi = Just Trying Really Hard?

Sutras 19-23 present a few different paths towards samadhi

Apr 27, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

Non-Differentiated Samadhi

Taking the “I” out of “I am”

Apr 20, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

Cognitive Samadhi

Total absorption you can wrap your head around

Apr 13, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

Supreme Non-Attachment

Sutra 16: Tat Paraṁ Puruṣa Khyāter Guṇavaitṛṣṇyam — When there is non-thirst for even the gunas due to the realization of the Purusha, that is supreme…

Apr 6, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

March 2025

Dispassion vs. Non Attachment

Sutra 15: Drṣṭānuśravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṁjñā vairāgyam — The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving for objects…

Mar 30, 2025 • Jack Lajoie

Consistency = Active Patience

Sutra 14: Sa Tu Dīrghakāla Nairantarya Satkārāsevito Dṛḍhabhūmiḥ — Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break…

Mar 24, 2025 • Jack Lajoie