ISVARA PRANIDHANA ~ Surrender The Niyamas Series: 5/5 | The WISDOM podcast | S3 E57

<p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">ISVARA PRANIDHANA ~ Surrender ~ </p> <p style="text-align:center;">The Niyamas Series: 5 of 5</p> <p style="text-align:center;">The WISDOM podcast  Season 3  Episode 57</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">~ The yogis remind us that we can live in the rhythm of surrender all of the time unless we (as I did) get in our own way. ~</p> <p style="text-align:center;">💜</p> <p> </p> <p>Isvara Pranidhana implies that there is a divine force at work in our lives. </p> <p>Whether we call it God, grace, guardianship, or life, this force is greater than we are and cares deeply about us. </p> <p> </p> <p>Isvara Pranidhana is the fifth Niyama or observance that originates in the ancient text of the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Yoga Sutras or ‘threads’ (as this word translates from Sanskrit) are a collection of 196 short verses that serve as a guide to attain wisdom and self-realization on how to live in order to advance along a spiritual path towards enlightenment.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beyond the postures of yoga, the scripture of the yoga sutras provides the disciplines and observances that guide you in a practical and sacred methodology – to bring greater understanding to your life experiences and the guidance for taking ownership of your life, directing it towards the fulfillment that you seek.</p> <p> </p> <p>Isvara refers to an all-pervading consciousness; pranidhana means “to surrender.” Together, these words may be translated as a “trustful surrender to a higher power to God ~ or the universe.” </p> <p>The last and most important of the Niyamas, and perhaps the most difficult to embrace, isvara pranidhana is not a process of defeat or of mindlessly submitting to the will of another, rather it invites us to be active participants in our life, totally present and fluid with each moment, while appreciating the magnitude and mystery of what we are participating in. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ultimately this observance invi