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There are 196 sutras in Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras (Yoga Bible). Only 2 of them are concerned with the physical posture of Yoga. The rest talks about the mind.Yet in the Western world, Studio Yoga has largely become synonymous with āsana, the physical practice.
But the Yoga Sutras are pointing us somewhere much deeper.
The real work is the mind.
How does the mind work? Why does it become restless, distracted, fearful or attached? How do our thoughts, habits and patterns shape the way we experience life?
Patañjali begins not by simply telling us to control the mind, but by giving us the right knowledge to understand it.
You can’t work skilfully with something you don’t understand.
This is the great elephant in the room of modern Yoga: we spend so much time working on the body, while the very thing experiencing the body is the mind.
This is what this Yoga Sādhanā designed to explore. A complete 2-hour practice where āsana becomes the doorway not the destination. It brings together:
- Vinyasa Krama Breathwork
- Simple āsana (postures) with Bandhas (internal locks)
- Chakra activation (energy centers) for proper Prana (life force) flow
- Yoga Nidra (Yoga sleep)
- Pranayama (breathing exercise)
- Mantra (chanting)
- Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra (Yoga Bible) discourse with Q&A
- Contemplative Meditation
It’s how I was personally trained and taught in my Yoga lineage. A practice rooted in 5,000 years of tradition and passed down through generations.
A practice for creating space to work not only with the physical body, but also for exploring the true power of Yoga has to offer in quieting the mind.
This Sādhanā is run in two parts. The first will run for an hour with Ash who will take us through Yoga Sutra discourse and Q&A and OM chanting. The other half will run after a 5minutes tea break and will be led by Molly, and she will take us through the breath principles of Vinyasa Krama, simple āsanas, Yoga Nidra and Pranayama. From there Ash will take you back to contemplative meditation and finish with OM chanting.
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