Sunday, October 27, 2019

Seven Yogic Practices - Tyaga - Letting Go

We all have our attachments and they are the root cause of most of our disappointments. We may like to believe that we remain unaffected or that our love is pure, devoid of attachments to people or things. The truth is, your degree of detachment can only be ascertained once you are removed from the object of your attachment. 

There is a specific yogic practice to help you in cultivating the art of letting go. 

The word is tyāga in Sanskrit. It means to let go, to give up, to renounce, to detach, to set (yourself) free from the attachment to the object. The practice of tyaga is a powerful one and the effect is profound. It is capable of igniting a radical transformation in you.

How to Do It Right

The practice of letting go starts with identifying what you love the most and then picking one to begin with, deciding to let go for a certain period. It can be one week, a month, one year or any other duration you decide. 

Please see the chart below: 

Practising to Let Go



The complete practice of tyaga means abandoning consumption, desire, contemplation and thoughts of the object of attachment.

When you let go, you gain freedom. It further leads to a state of independence, peace and fulfilment. Ultimately, if you can let go of everything that gives you grief, every agonizing emotion, every discursive thought, you can well imagine your blissful state. 

When you learn to let go, you are effectively learning to let yourself go free.

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