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Now accepting new students for Thurs. eve…
Come and try a new and different style of yoga from South India at the Prana Vashya Yoga™ studio, 250 Queens Road, Leicester. We are now...


The Sun bows to Moon on the Summer Solstice
International Yoga Day falls on June 21st each year. This year the Summer Solstice is on Saturday at 3:41 am. The celebration of the...


Yoga Sutra 4.34
puruṣa-artha-śūnyānāṃ guṇānāṃ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṃ svarūpa-pratiṣṭhā vā citi-śaktih-iti The end of the journey is when the guna-s...


Yoga Sutra 4.33
kṣaṇa-pratiyogī pariṇāmā-aparānta-nirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ As time and change are like counterparts of movement; this is recognised once...


Yoga Sutra 4.32
tataḥ kṛtār-athānaṃ pariṇāma-krama-samāptih-guṇānām Then, having reached the objective the guna-s end These last aphorisms of the Sutra ...


Yoga Sutra 4.31
tadā sarva-āvaraṇa-malā-apetasya jñānasyā-anantyāt-jñeyam-alpam Then, thanks to boundless wisdom, you are released from impurity; what...


Yoga Sutra 4.30
tataḥ kleśa-karma-nivṛttiḥ Thus, actions based on affliction are stopped At this point, previous impurities are cleansed, and no new...


Yoga Sutra 4.29
prasaṃkhyāne-api-akusīdasya sarvathā viveka-khyāteḥ dharmameghah-samādhiḥ Integration into a state of harmony proceeds from the...


Yoga Sutra 4.28
hānam-eṣāṃ kleśavat-uktam They [the other latent disruptions in your mind] are eliminated in the same way If one or more latent...


Yoga Sutra 4.27
tad-chidreṣu pratya-āntarāṇi saṃskārebhyaḥ Because of the force of old habits, other latent disruptions may occur Here Patanjali tells...


Yoga Sutra 4.25
viśeṣa-darśinaḥ ātmabhāva-bhāvanāva-nivṛttiḥ For one who distinguishes mind from consciousness, the enquiry into the True Self ends there...


Yoga Sutra 4.24
tad-asaṅkhyeya-vāsanābhih-citram-api para-artham saṃhatya-kāritvāt Although the mind is bias/coloured by numerous subliminal impressions,...


Yoga Sutra 4.23
draṣṭṛ-dṛśya-uparaktaṃ cittaṃ sarvārtham Pervaded with “that which sees” and “that which is seen”, the mind embodies all things The...


Yoga Sutra 4.22
citeh-apratisaṃkramāyāḥ-tad-ākāra-āpattau svabuddhi-saṃvedanam your essential nature is consciousness Here Patanjali reiterates the...


Yoga Sutra 4.21
cittā-antara-dṛśye buddhi-buddheḥ-atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛti-saṃkaraśca if the mind were perceived by another mind, there would be a perception...


Yoga Sutra 4.20
eka-samaye ca-ubhaya-anavadhāraṇam And both cannot be apprehended simultaneously When a mind seizes an object, it is focused on the...


Yoga Sutra 4.19
na tat-svābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt Because it is an object of perception, the mind cannot illuminate itself Throughout the Yoga Sutra all the...


Yoga Sutra 4.18
sadā jñātāh-citta-vṛttayah-tat-prabhoḥ puruṣasyā-apariṇāmitvāt Due to the unchangeable nature of the Inner Self, mental activities are...


Yoga Sutra 4.17
tad-uparāgā-apekṣitvāt-cittasya vastu jñātā-ajñātaṃ whether or not the object is known depends upon the power of attraction and the...


Yoga Sutra 4.16
na ca-eka citta-tantraṃ ced-vastu tad-apramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ-syāt and this object does not depend for its existence on one mind, because if...
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