Two Kinds of Yogic Philosophy - Yogi Explains

Summary

July 10, 2026, 15 min

Yoga's two core philosophies, pushing energy up the spine or pulling and allowing it, compared with a lineage warning against early mula bandha. OM Japa unhooks the chakras so consciousness snaps back to the brain, the origin of the name Roll-Up of Consciousness, read in the Gita's upside-down tree. Ends on blessings arriving like a thief in the night.

In this video

Teaches

Two kinds of yogic philosophy

Discusses

OM Japa in the ChakrasRoll-Up of ConsciousnessAswattha treeSahajaLeft and right brainThief in the night

Mentions

SurrenderPanchanon BhattacharyaSpiritual eyeMula BandhaMahabharataAshok SinghGranthisBhagavad GitaKrishnaLahiri MahasayaEgoDownload Phase

Key moments

00:00Two core philosophies in yoga 00:48Pushing or pulling: forcing energy up the spine 01:37The second philosophy: pull and allow, no brute force 02:51Car engine analogy: front engines pull the car 03:23Car stuck in the mud and the Ferris Bueller scene 05:01Lineage warning: no early mula bandha before OM Japa 06:04Get the aham out of the way so sahaja works 06:45OM Japa with Ashokji and the roller shade realization 08:59The upside-down tree of the Bhagavad Gita 10:28Don't push after a taste; the left-brain trap of needing more 12:45Blessings that come like a thief in the night 14:02Pushing versus making space