Ep. 5.05: Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, Becoming Invisible & Reading Omens (Ch. 3)
Yoga Sūtras 3.21 - 3.22: What does becoming invisible and reading omens have to do with yoga? Nothing! It is a metaphor. Becoming invisible means being able to be still. Patañjali is cleverly leading ...
5 Okt 20221h 12min
Ep. 5.04: Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, The Window to Your Soul (Ch. 3)
Yoga Sūtras 3.18 - 3.20: In Ashtānga Yoga we are taught to fix our attention in three places: Breathing, Posture & Dṛṣṭi (eyes). Why are the eyes so important? Patañjali actually teaches three essenti...
29 Sep 20221h 8min
Ep. 5.03: Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, Listening is the Foundation (Ch. 3)
Yoga Sūtras 3.17 - 3.22 (but mostly 3.17): Vital to the process of yoga is what Patañjali refers to as cleaning our memory (smṛti). This essentially means becoming conscious of our karma and managing ...
22 Sep 20221h 7min
Ep. 5.02: Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, It's Either Up or Down Never the Same (Ch. 3)
Yoga Sūtras 3.13 - 3.16: Well you know, "the only thing constant is change." So we are either going up or going down, but our conditions are definitely not staying the same. So, think about how condit...
16 Sep 20221h 11min
Ep. 5.01: Yoga Sutras Summary on Patañjali’s Yogic Process (Ch. 3)
Welcome back from Summer Break! In this Yoga Sūtras class, we summarize Patañjali’s basic yogic process and correlate this with sūtras 3.09, 3.11 & 3.12. Tied into this perspective are sūtras 1.13 (de...
8 Sep 20221h 12min
Ep. 4.40: Yoga Sutras on Breathing Part 4 (2.52)
Yoga Sūtras 2.52 Yoga Sūtras 2.52, tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa-āvaraṇam || Prāṇāyāma reduces that which covers our inner spiritual light || Breathing bridges the unconscious to the conscious. How? Physiolog...
18 Maj 20221h 16min
Ep. 4.38: Yoga Sutras on Breathing Part 2 (2.49 - 2.51)
Yoga Sūtras 2.49 - 2.51 Yoga Sūtras 2.51, bāhya-abhyantara-viṣaya-ākṣepī caturthaḥ || Beyond the objects of breathing – such as exhalation, inhalation and so forth – lies a fourth realm to prāṇāyāma...
3 Maj 20221h 21min
