An ancient yogic text called The Yoga Sutras was created by Patanjali to guide yogis to achieve self-realisation and freedom through controlling the body and restraining the mind from external stimuli.
Self-restraint from external stimuli has been taken to a whole new level in the society that we live in now. Wherever we go, we are bombarded with external stressors which affect our bodies and minds constantly, whether we realise it or not. As soon as we rise, many people tune into the news, listen to the radio, read the newspaper, then scroll on social media mindlessly.
Everything that we are exposed to, we take in, in some way. All that we see and observe is being integrated within us.
