That which you see as
other than righteousness and unrighteousness,
other than all this cause and effect,
other than what has been and what is to be—tell me THAT.
-Katha Upanishad
The mind reacts to what it experiences. If the Atman is watching the mind, then the Atman is witnessing what the senses have accumulated into the mind. If business stuff is sent to the mind the aggregate thoughts will be business. If algorithmic news is sent, the mind aggregates algorithmic ideas. If spiritual practice is what is primarily experienced, the mind will incorporate spiritual practice.
The more I think and sense about the material world, and of business, the more the mind takes over in terms of that material world and acts on that material world even when I meditate. As a leader of a business it is important for me to think about business stuff but it should be contained to certain periods of the day with the rest devoted to spiritual thought.
So the way I orient myself is to focus my life around Raja Yoga with the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as the foundational discipline. Each limb of yoga is practiced and thought about and internalized. On top of this I add Advaita Vedanta as the philosophy underpinning the practice.
Doing all four yogas and balancing them is difficult. At some level all four have to be practiced, but each path has a different approach and made for different temperments which makes it exceedingly hard to focus. There needs to be a primary focus with the other three playing supporting roles. My focus is Raja Yoga. I incorporate the other yogas into the 8 limbs:
This process makes it easy to know what I think about instead of getting confused across multiple yogas. It does not mean I will not study other texts and practices, but it does mean it simplifies my approach to study with a focus on two sets of texts: Yoga and Vedanta. Yoga involves the practice of bettering the 8 limbs. Vedanta is studying the philosophical underpinnings for the last three legs. This allows me to work on purifying my life while also building the philosophy for the meditative practice. In terms of my day to day all I should think about is how well I am accomplishing each of the legs and whether I am fulfilling them. The goal being to intuit how I progress.
My practice then is a combination of Raja/Jnana and Karma/Bhakti. Raja is meditation. Karma/Bhakti is my work.