Brahmacharya: Sexual Desire and Continence

For the Love of Yoga with Nish the Fish - A podcast by Nishanth Selvalingam

The Yogic solution to the sexual craving is NOT repression...it is transmutation. Almost all mystical traditions in the world prescribe some form of celibacy as preparation for deeper states of meditation. Often, the yama of Brahmacharya in Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga is frightening to the Western mind. What do you mean I have to give up sex? In this video, we talk about what the sex drive is and how to overcome lust + why you even want to overcome it!We explore renunciation, the work...