A six-week series guided by Serena Roschman

We’re living in an era designed to keep us hooked — to keep us clicking, consuming, reacting. So when we find ourselves stuck in loops — overthinking, overdoing, scrolling, snapping, numbing, striving — it isn’t a personal failure. In this series, we’ll explore how ancient yogic philosophy offers a clear, compassionate framework for understanding these “hooks” — and how we might begin to unhook in everyday life.

Over six weeks, we’ll study the yogic teachings on the kleshas — an ancient framework for understanding the mind’s habitual distortions and the ways suffering is created. We’ll explore how these patterns become normalized over time, shaping our perceptions, reactions, and sense of self — and we’ll focus on what this wisdom offers us in real life: our relationships, our habits, our inner dialogue, and the choices we make when we’re stressed or tired.

This series is offered as a philosophy-and-practice course, not a clinical group or therapeutic space. Alongside yogic reflection, we’ll incorporate modern brain science — including ideas from Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation and Rick Hanson’s Neurodharma — to illuminate how craving, threat response, and habit loops work in the brain. There is no required reading; key insights will be woven into each week’s presentation in an accessible way.

Each week includes embodied practice and meditation, practical reflection prompts you can bring into daily life, and a community component — a chance to learn alongside others, share what you’re noticing (only if you’d like), and feel less alone in the patterns we all navigate. Together we’ll explore how the mind gets hooked — and practice some grounded ways to return to clarity, compassion, and greater freedom in modern life.

Sliding scale pricing $80/$120/$160 includes all six weeks.