The Yoga Sutras
Contain 196 Sutras,
divided between four chapters, discussing the aims and practice of yoga, the development of yogic powers and finally, liberation. Like a gentle guiding hand, the Yoga Sutras warn you of the pitfalls on your spiritual journey and offer the means to overcome them.While there is a teaching in each Sutra, we’ll look at a few here and leave the remainder for future exploration.
The Yoga Sutras
Contain 196 Sutras,
divided between four chapters, discussing the aims and practice of yoga, the development of yogic powers and finally, liberation. Like a gentle guiding hand, the Yoga Sutras warn you of the pitfalls on your spiritual journey and offer the means to overcome them.While there is a teaching in each Sutra, we’ll look at a few here and leave the remainder for future exploration.
In Vedic Texts,
it is common to encapsulate the whole teaching early in the discourse.
Patanjali does this in the first few sutras, giving you the essence of what’s to come:
“Yoga is the progressive settling of the mind into silence.
Our essential nature
is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind”
This means: Your spiritual practice should be to look within. Your true Self lies hidden in the silence between your thoughts, beyond all limitations. However, the doubts, chaos, and confusion of your thoughts cause you to forget who you really are.
The obstacle to spiritual progress is stress,
which creates fatigue, leading to doubts and causing laziness, which brings sensory attachments manifesting as delusions, which causes you to forget who you are. By being committed to your practices, you can overcome all of these.
To have a peaceful mind,
you should cultivate attitudes of friendliness without jealousy toward those who are joyful; have compassion toward those who are unhappy and less fortunate; delight in and support the acts of the virtuous; and be impartial to and avoid the dramas of the impure.
The fruit of wrong action is sorrow, the fruit of right action is joy.
You must take responsibility for your thoughts, words, and actions by living consciously. The Yoga Sutras are a path of purification, refinement, and surrender.
What we will cover in this workshop?
The Yoga Sutras contain a set of observances & practices to guide your spiritual journey.
These are known as the Eight Limbs of Yoga.
Yama: Correct behavior toward others.
Niyama: The principles by which you should live your own life
Asana:The seat of consciousness; the yogi’s seat and postures to prepare the body.
Pranayama: Expanding the life force through breathing exercises.
Pratyahara: Turning the senses inward to explore the inner universe.
Dharana: Effortless focused attention; training the mind to meditate.
Dhyana: A continuous flow, meditation perfected.
Samadhi: Lost or found in the Divine; unity.
The first four yamas prepare the body for the next three,
which take you to the doorway of the eighth.
Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi practiced together is known as Sanyama. Settling the mind, having a subtle intention, and releasing it into the field of Infinite Organizing Power gives you knowledge of the laws of nature of an object and Yogic Powers (Siddhis). Join us … to understand the mind on a deeper perspective & begin your spiritual journey with Wisdom from Rishi Patanjali.
Transforming each action into one that originates from a deeper & more ‘connected’ place within ourselves. From that state of being, we move closer towards wholeness, connectedness & unity & start to not just ‘do’ yoga, but live & breathe ‘yoga’ in each & every moment.
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