Sutra Studies Week 26: Check-In | Keeping Things In Perspective In Your Yoga Practice

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Sutra Studies Week 9: Check-In | Make Peace Your Natural State

Your practice does not have to be “perfect” at all times; it simply has to remain consistent. This week, we continued to focus on stressing out about less (and to a greater degree than before) and your task was to … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 8: Reflections on Gaining Control Of Your Mind Through Practice And Non-Attachment (Sutra 12)

“At any given moment, you are free to be connected to all that you are…”

Sutra Studies Week 8: Check-In | Remain A Neutral Observer Of Yourself And Your Life

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Sutra Studies Week 8: Gaining Control Of The Mind Through Practice And Non-Attachment (Sutra 12)

“These mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Abhyasa Vairagyabhyam Tannirodhah Abyasa: practice | Vairagya: non-attachment (abhyam: by both) | Tad (tan): they | Nirodhah: restrained The two key things that are required in … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 7: Reflections On The Five Types Of Mental Distortions According To Patanjali (Sutras 6-11)

From wishful thinking, to the spinning and outright denial of truth, our species has created societies that are often shaped by nothing more than illusions, or to draw from Plato’s infamous story of the cave, shaped by nothing more than … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 7: The 5 Types Of Mental Distortions According To Patanjali (Sutras 6-11)

“They are right knowledge, misconceptions, verbal delusion, sleep and memory.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Pramana Viparyaya Vikalpa Nidra Smrtayah Pramana: correct or right knowledge | Viparyaya: misconception, incorrect knowledge | Vikalpa: verbal delusion, imagination | Nidra: sleep | Smrtayah: … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 5: Reflections On Discovering Our True Self Identity (Sutra 4)

“When we calm our minds and remove all of our different identifications with sub identities…(and of course we would do this through the practice of meditation), we can not only then connect with the truth of our unity with all … Read More

Sutra Studies Week 4: Looking Into The Mirror Of Your Projected Mind (Sutra 3)

“Then the Seer (Self) abides in Its own nature.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Tada Drastuh Svarupe’vasthanam Tada: then | Drastuh: the Seer | Sva: own | rupe: in (itself) color/nature | Avasthanam (Vasthanam): abides “[T]he Seer, or true you, … Read MoreRead More