deep dives into the yoga sutras of patanjali, one of the most important texts on the ancient path of yogic practices
Sutras 1.7-1.11 Patanjali breaks down the 5 categories of thought according to the yogic school. In this section of the Yoga Sutras, we get a deeper discussion of the forms of thought. This discussion of… Read More »Yoga Sutras 1.7-1.11 – Which Thoughts Dominate for You?
Sutra 1.5 Vrttaya pancatayyah klistaklistah There are five changing states of the mind, which are either helpful or detrimental to the path of yoga. The ancient yogis proposed that there are five basic categories of… Read More »Yoga Sutras 1.5 and 1.6 – The 5 Kinds of Vrttis (Thoughts)
Sutra 1.4 Vrtti-sarupyam itaratra Otherwise, at other times, the seer is absorbed in the changing states of the mind. The fourth sutra lets us know what happens when we fail to bring the mind to… Read More »Yoga Sutra 1.4 – You Are Not Your Thoughts
Sutra 1.3 Tada drastuh svarupe ‘vasthanam Then the seer abides in its true nature Et voilà! Sutra 1.3 lets us know what happens when we succeed in quieting the mind as described in Sutra 1.2.… Read More »Yoga Sutra 1.3 – Seeing from the Soul
Sutra 1.2 Yogas citta vrtti nirodhah Yoga is the cessation of thought waves What absolute GOLD we have here! If I could only teach ONE yoga sutra forevermore, it would surely by Sutra 1.2. As… Read More »Yoga Sutra 1.2 – The Mind Field
Sutra 1.1 Atha yoganusasanam Now, instruction in yoga begins. It would be tempting to jump right into the next sutra since this one seems so self explanatory, wouldn’t you say? But just for today, let’s… Read More »Yoga Sutra 1.1 – In the Beginning…