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Intro to Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga Garden, Apex (11/12/21)

Padmasana (Lotus)
YSP podcast series
Intro to Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga Garden, Apex (11/12/21)
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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the Yoga Sutra workshop that I presented on Friday, November 12, 2021 to the students undergoing the Yoga Teachers Training program at the Yoga Garden yoga studio in Apex, NC.

Brief summary of what we covered: Overview of the Yoga Sutras text Definition of yoga Brief […]

Sutras 1.7 thru 1.16 (YSP workshop Saturday, 11/16/19)

Padmasana (Lotus)
YSP podcast series
Sutras 1.7 thru 1.16 (YSP workshop Saturday, 11/16/19)
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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 11/16/19.

Brief summary of what we covered:

We continued the discussion of sutras in the early part of chapter 1. We discussed the concept of the five vrittis and also abhyasa (practice) and vairagya […]

Intro to Yoga Sutras – Yoga Garden, PBO (04/15/18)

Padmasana (Lotus)
YSP podcast series
Intro to Yoga Sutras – Yoga Garden, PBO (04/15/18)
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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the Yoga Sutra workshop that I presented on Sunday, April 15 to the students undergoing the Yoga Teachers Training program at the Yoga Garden yoga studio in Pittsboro, NC.

Brief summary of what we covered: Overview of the Yoga Sutras text Definition of yoga Abhyasa (practice) […]

Five Vrittis, sutras 1.6 thru 1.15 (9/16/17)

Padmasana (Lotus)
YSP podcast series
Five Vrittis, sutras 1.6 thru 1.15 (9/16/17)
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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras on Saturday, 9/16/17:

Brief summary of what we covered: Sutras 1.6 – 1.11: five vrittis (five forms of fluctuations of the mind) Sutras 1.12 – 15: abhyasa (practice) and vairagya (detachment) [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/sm-podcasts/ysp091617-sutras1-6thru1-15.mp3]

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What causes fluctuations of the mind? – the Five Vrittis

"How hard it is to control the mind! Well, it has been compared to the maddened monkey. There was a monkey, restless by his own nature, as all monkeys are. As if that were not enough some one made him drink freely of wine, so that he became still more restless. Then a scorpion stung […]