In a recent yoga class, my teacher got on the topic of samskaras. So far as I understand, samskaras are generally defined as impressions that influence our actions. These impressions might be formed from our pasts, experiences we’ve had early on that have conditioned us to behave a certain way. I’m used to conceptualizing samskaras as negative things. To me, they’ve always seemed to be akin to a lot of the entrenched patterns that one might try to identify, understand, and transform in…
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