Tapas — The Third Niyama: Fire, Discipline, and the Will to Live Fully

Tapas is the third Niyama in Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga. It is commonly translated as discipline. But the teachers left us something deeper than that.

In this episode, Pedro Misle explores Tapas as the inner fire that makes you want to be here. Not motivated in the productivity sense. Not disciplined in the punishing sense. Alive in the fullest sense. Engaged with the journey. Curious about what's possible. Unwilling to let the days pass without really being in them.

What you'll explore in this episode: • Why Tapas may be the epicenter of the entire Eight Limbs path, and what falls apart without it • The difference between happiness, gratitude, and genuine engagement with your own life • Why the absence of excitement, not sadness or burnout, is the real warning sign • Three honest, practical ways to tend your inner fire starting today • How the Niyamas build on each other: from Saucha and Santosha to Tapas

This episode is part of an ongoing series on the Eight Limbs of Yoga, exploring how Patanjali's ancient framework applies to modern life — attention fragmentation, compulsive productivity, emotional avoidance, and the quiet human need to feel genuinely alive.Tapas in Kundalini Yoga is not about intensity for its own sake. It is about the willingness to show up for your own life, repeatedly, honestly, and with full presence.

One question runs through this entire episode: Are you excited to be alive?

Not happy. Not grateful in a performative sense. Engaged. Curious about how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Press play and sit with that question.

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About Imagine Yoga Academy

Imagine Yoga Academy is a Kundalini Yoga school founded by Daniela Troconis and Pedro Misle, training teachers internationally since 2012.

The Level I 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training runs in Zürich, Geneva, and Lugano. Yoga Alliance certified. Taught in English. The hybrid format combines monthly in-person weekend seminars with weekly live online sessions, lifetime access to the full online curriculum, and a four-day closing retreat in the Swiss Alps.

We teach Kundalini Yoga as a method of self-knowledge, free of dogma, with no affiliation to 3HO.

Since 2012, over 900 practitioners have trained with us across Switzerland (Geneva, Zürich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online.

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Love & strength,

Daniela and Pedro