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...

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

tadā viveka-nimnaṃ kaivalya-prāgbhāraṃ cittam Gravitating toward liberation, free from any sense of identify When your mind is influenced...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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