"Interrupt The Chain"

Indriya-nigraha is the capacity to intervene in one's own reactivity, and Pratipaksha-bhavana — the cultivation of an opposing mental quality — is the specific method the Yoga Sutras prescribe for this. When a harmful inner chain begins — irritation building toward anger, craving building toward indulgence — interrupting it at the earliest stage costs far less than containing it after it has gained momentum.