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Jai masters.

The more you grow, really grow, the simpler it becomes until it becomes so simple that it just looks absurd

that people are suffering, that we are doing with our lives what we are doing for absolutely

no reason. And what people look for, if they even wake up a little, to say,

I want to have a better life, I want to suffer less, I want to feel more joy,

is they want these things called techniques.

And I playfully always say I don't teach techniques.

When the truth of the matter is, that's all I ever teach But people can't hear it

So let's focus on that I want to focus on the highest technique

Don't expect to hear anything new but but I just want to clarify this.

Just to give us something to work around, I'm going to start by saying the highest technique is relaxation.

That is the technique, relaxation.

What does that mean?

Well, certainly when you do asanas and yoga, it's all about relaxation.

You get your body into a position where there's a balance of stress and tension, and you relax into it.

And if you've ever done that, you feel an energy change.

You feel a chemical change.

It changes you to relax past the point that you naturally would go, that you naturally would exist.

Same thing happens with exercise of any sort, but specifically yoga because it sets up this balance

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