Exploring the Sutras Lesson 10: Sutra 2.48 Tata dvandva anabhighataha 2.48 Yoga Practice (asana for sure) can make the impossible possible. Well, this is the last blog post for this summer session of Yoga Revolutionaries. I hope you all have enjoyed this introduction to the yoga sutras as much as I have loved writing it. […]
Yoga Sutra 2.47
Exploring the Sutras Lesson 9: Yoga Sutra 2.47 Prayatna shaitilyananta sama pattibhyam Relax the intensity of your effort and meditate on the endless and copious amounts of energy within. This we must do because if it wasn’t this, it would surely be something else. This sutra is one of the three that directly relates to […]
Yoga Sutra 2.46
Exploring the Sutras Lesson 8: Yoga Sutra 2.46 Book II.46 Sthira sukham asanam This sutra is near and dear to my heart because it is the very sutra that got me excited about the sutras. As a Hatha yogini I began with the asanas, or poses, of the practice. The postures just resonated so […]
Yoga Sutra 2.16
Exploring the Sutras Lesson 7 : Yoga Sutra 2.16 And now for lucky number 7! This week’s sutra, “Heyam dukham anagram”, essentially answers the question, “Why do we practice yoga at all”? The answer is quite lovely and profound. We practice yoga to alleviate and possibly avoid some of our future suffering. The Sanskrit word […]
Moving into Sadhana Pada
Exploring the Sutras Lesson 6: Moving into Sadhana Pada The first half of this sutra series was taken from the first chapter entitled Samadhi Pada which contains all the lofty and deep teachings of Patanjali. The second half of the series will be drawn from the second chapter entitled Sadhana Pada. Sadhana is the Sanskrit […]