The yoga sutras teach yoga students to realize our true nature. We become aware of how we spend our lives distracted by things that attract the senses and boost the ego. We learn to still our minds and recognize that our minds are not who we are. Who are we, then? According to Patanjali, we […]
The last few verses of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras remind us what we need to be free from affliction. In short, we need to continue a practice of discriminative discernment. When we catch ourselves clinging to worldly success, craving attention, or worrying about our image (among other things), we can return to our yoga practice to […]
The goal of yoga is to still the mind. Stillness gives us a clear view of our true Self and shows us our connection to all that is. The Yoga Sutras teach us how to get there and offer many tools for dealing with distraction. So, once we’ve practiced with commitment, our minds will be […]
Through much of the Yoga Sutras, yogis learn to still the mind. A busy clouded mind, we learn, gets between us and our true Self. But can our minds ever understand reality? It seems, they can. A yoga mind (as I’m calling it) is not colored by misperception. Rather, it can reflect truth once it […]