Balrāj

balraj.yoga/about/now

“Self-awareness *is* self-transcendence.”

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professional title:

Yogin + Personal Coach/Advisor

What do you do?

I teach the yoga of self-awareness. In my private work, I help business leaders leverage their stress to achieve higher-quality outcomes and greater work-life flexibility.

Why?

Self-awareness is imperative for living and feeling well, and while self-awareness is typically thought to entail discovering your own personal idiosyncratic self-destructive habits, self-awareness ultimately means recognising that we are irrevocably embedded in structures of dependence that precede and exceed us.

What should we read?

The Bhagavad Gita. Recommended translations: 1st paperback edition of Jack Hawley’s translation, subtitled “A Walkthrough for Westerners“ (2011, New World Library). Translations by Eknath Easwaran and Stephen Mitchell are also recommended.