Your mind can work for you or against you. The Stoics knew this. So did the ancient yogis. Both traditions developed a variety of practices for mental training, though they came at the problem from different angles. The Stoics worked top-down: fix your thinking through rational examination and everything else follows. Yogic philosophy worked bottom-up: …
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Discipline has bad PR. Most people hear it and think restriction, punishment, grinding through things you hate. But both Stoicism and yoga understand discipline differently – not as limitation, but as the path to actual freedom. That sounds backwards. How does constraining yourself make you free? Both traditions answer the same way: you can’t be …
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The Stoic Revival Stoicism is having a moment. Check any self-improvement forum. Look at bestseller lists – “The Obstacle Is the Way” sold millions. Listen to podcasts with high-performers talking about handling pressure. This philosophy is gaining real traction. But why now? Could be all the unpredictability we’re dealing with, or perhaps people are tired …
The Intersection of Stoicism and Yoga Most people stumble into either Stoicism or yoga, but rarely both. And honestly, that makes sense. On the surface they seem completely different. One’s an ancient Greek philosophy about mental discipline and accepting your fate. The other’s about stretching, breathing, and maybe sitting cross-legged while trying not to fall …