Nature Am I, Episode 10: Yoga, Nature & the Body, with Joseph Le Page Nature Am I

Integrative Yoga Therapy founder and yoga scholar Joseph Le Page discusses the role of nature in yoga and the relationship between nature and humans. Our conversation touches upon the following topics:
3:12- Knowing the true self (purusha)
6:52- Lower mind (manas) vs. higher mind (buddhi)
10:08- The need for spiritual culture
11:34- Nature (prakriti) and spirit
14:25- Seeing Nature in a new way
16:10- Patanjali's view of Nature 
18:41- Duality (samkhya) and non-duality (vedanta)
20:04- The practice and qualities of samadhi
21:45- Nature and the deity of creation (Ishvara)
24:00- One enlightenment, many paths
25:58- The essence of Tantra
27:20- The purpose of living (dharma)
29:04- The concept of kaivalya
33:20- Kaivalya in the ecological movement
35:12- The end of evolution
36:50- Samadhi in the body (nirbijah samadhi)
41:47- Becoming one with Nature
43:52-Co-dependence in the ecological movement
 
Excellent video of Joseph Le Page speaking about nirbija samadhi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONh0U-VgEMg
For more information about Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT):
https://www.iytyogatherapy.com/
YouTube channel for IYT:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0LXPRN8sEAybb0YNjSPM4g