अपरिग्रह

Gate I · Things · Day 1 of 35

Count what you carry

The teaching

Parigraha is grasping in every direction; aparigraha, named as the fifth yama, is its absence. Before you can loosen a grip you have to feel it, and the easiest place to feel it is in a drawer you haven't opened in a year.

Yoga Sūtra 2.30

Today’s practice

Empty one drawer completely onto a flat surface. Put back only what you have actually used in the last twelve months. Everything else goes in a box by the door.

Sit with this

What did you put back out of fear rather than use?