Books
Long-form work that outgrew a blog post, free to read in full online or download as a PDF or EPUB.
These four are one series on Hindu philosophy and practice, and you can start with any of them. They treat the tradition as philosophy, not religion: nothing asks you to believe anything, the metaphysics stays open, and every testable claim is checked against the evidence.
The Long Argument is the map, the whole territory of the six classical schools and what modern evidence says about the practices. The One Who Notices then walks the yoga path inward, through a restless, anxious mind, and The One Who Acts turns it outward, from the Bhagavad Gita to work, results, other people, and loss. The Practical Yoga Sutras is the complete, honest manual to Patanjali’s text, for when you want the whole system.
That is also the reading order, map first. Every door opens on its own, so start with whichever fits.
The Long Argument
A concise map of Hindu philosophy, where six old ways of seeing meet modern evidence
A plain map of the classical schools of Hindu philosophy, what they ask you to practice, and what the research says about it.
The One Who Notices
A practical path through the restless mind, where yoga's eight limbs meet modern psychology
A plain rendering of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, threads two and three, where the eight limbs of yoga meet modern psychology.
The One Who Acts
A life manual from the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras, held against modern psychology
A practical reading of the Bhagavad Gita for acting when you cannot control the result, with one practice per chapter and every testable claim checked against modern psychology.
The Practical Yoga Sutras
A manual for a steady mind and a well-lived life
A practical manual built on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: how to eat, sleep, breathe, pay attention, handle a difficult person, and steady the mind, with every testable claim checked honestly against modern science.