What if yoga is more than a physical practice—and could become a pathway to deeper self-awareness, spiritual awakening, and discovering the divine within?

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon sits down with Sita Severson for a profound conversation about yoga, spirituality, consciousness, identity, self-love, addiction recovery, meditation, and the journey toward becoming more awake and aware.

Sita Severson shares how her personal journey through addiction recovery, agoraphobia, trauma, self-loathing, and spiritual struggle eventually led her toward a deeper relationship with yoga and spirituality. She explains how consistent practices such as Sadhana, mantra, meditation, self-observation, and surrender can help us recognize unconscious patterns and make more conscious choices.

The conversation explores one of the most important questions in spiritual growth: Who are we beyond our identity? Avi Gordon and Sita discuss the difference between the roles we play in life and the deeper awareness behind those roles, along with the relationship between ego, identity, consciousness, and awakening.

They also explore the mind-body connection, Samkhya philosophy, Purusha and Prakriti, Shakti, the power of grace, higher consciousness, and different pathways toward personal transformation. Sita introduces the idea of becoming a “self-scientist”—learning to observe how our choices, habits, food, environment, and experiences influence our mental and physical state.

From addiction recovery and self-love to meditation, Shunya, ego death, spiritual awakening, and living more fully in the present moment, this conversation offers a thoughtful exploration of what it means to grow, heal, and reconnect with a deeper sense of self.

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