In this session, we study Sūtras I.12–I.16, where Patañjali names the two pillars of yoga: abhyāsa (practice) and vairāgya (non-attachment). David shows how practice is more than repetition—it’s vigilance, steady effort, and sincerity over a long period of time. Drawing parallels to daily āsana, he reframes drills and exercises as part of a larger process of becoming, connecting practice to karma (right action and its consequences) and dharma (our deeper calling and peculiar essence). We also explore vairāgya as the counterbalance to effort: mastery in letting go of clinging, from simple objects of desire to the three guṇas themselves. Through vivid examples, word studies, and Kabir’s poetry, David highlights the razor’s edge of desire—how it can fuel us or corrupt us—and how practice and non-attachment together open the path for the seer to abide in their true essence