Yoga and the Spiritual Ego

Historically, Yoga has brought peace to the land of the self through making friends with the dictator: our ego. Yet Yoga in the context of modern consumer culture is at risk of feeding and growing some of our destructive ego tendencies. Are we creating better and more improved, rigid and fragile egos through our yoga practice? If we are not careful, our practice of yoga can end up strengthening the subtle habit of ego-clinging and body glorification. How can yoga and other spiritual technologies be best used to perform the job of freeing us from the tendency to create unnecessary suffering for ourselves and others? -Pitfalls of strengthening our painful tendencies through yoga practice -How we hide from the reality of impermanence. -The formation of a solidified persona. -The pursuit to be better than ordinary.