I decided to keep going with Doug Keller, whose first talk with me continues to be one of our most popular episodes. We did a minor review of his first talk, which was as dense and captivating as this one. Then, Doug explored what became a set of expanded precepts whose inclusion into modern practice could, in my opinion, change the game. ⁠These are 20 yamas (restraints) and niyamas (observances)⁠, rather than the 10 that nearly every yoga teacher at least touches on in a teacher training. Doug points to the Natha Yogis, who in the 9th-10th centuries carried on with these behavioral suggestions for living a good life and, in doing so, embraced the tradition in yoga of practicing, experimenting, sitting with those experiments, and practicing some more. I think it's time in modern yoga to consider some grounded experimentation and reflection as Doug and I explored here. We got into politics, social issues, and all kinds of other aspects that I hope delight you as much as the last episode did, and as both have delighted me.

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