The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.28-31: Introducing Ashtanga Yoga and Yama
In this episode, we name the eight limbs of astanga-yoga and then focus on the first limb which is abstentions (yama). There are five abstentions: non-violence, truthfulness, refrainment from stealing...
13 Juli 202321min
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.21-27: The world is Your Classroom
In this episode, Syama and I discuss sutras 21 through 27 of the second chapter.This is the section leading up to the description of the eight limbs of yoga (astanga). In the previous section, we hear...
14 Juni 202316min
Wearing Your Cycle w/Maria Begoña Lagaron
In this episode, I’m speaking with Maria Begoña Lagaron, an image consultant specialized in personal marketing and sustainability, about how we can wear the phases of our menstrual cycle by matching o...
18 Apr 202333min
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.13-20: Root of the Obstacles
In the episode, we discuss sutras 13 to 20 of the second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. These sutras and their classical commentaries go deep into explaining the root of the obstacles to yogic en...
1 Apr 202322min
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.1-12: Practical Yoga and Obstacles to Samadhi
In this episode, we discuss the first 12 sutras of the second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Here we are backing up a little bit from where we were in the first chapter. You could say that the cl...
18 Mars 202328min
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 40-51: The Five Stages of Samadhi
In this episode, we discuss the last 12 sutras of the first chapter. Here the obstacles to samadhi are overcome, and there are five stages of samadhi, resting in one's own being, outlined. In the firs...
3 Mars 202322min
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 30-39: Focuses of Meditation
In this episode, we first speak about the obstacles of the mind in the course of practicing yoga. Then we move on to discussing different things we can focus our mind on as alternatives to the Isvara-...
1 Feb 202319min
