When the World Breaks You Down

Swami Satchidananda explains the importance of preparing the mind for meditation, which is the purpose of the yamas and niyamas as they create a good foundation for practice. He talks about the importance of how we see ourselves: “As you think, so you become.” He also answers a question about watching sports and he uses this opportunity to explain how sports can be used as a metaphor to teach us how to react the world gets us down.