by Olga | Jun 29, 2023 | Focus of the Month
aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathantā-sambodhaḥ When the Yogi is established in aparigraha, non-possessiveness, knowledge of the past, present, and future and the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of life is realized. PYS 2.39 Aparigraha means non-acceptance of gifts,...
by Olga | Jun 2, 2023 | Focus of the Month
brahmacarya-pratiṣṭḥāyām vīrya-lābhaḥ When the Yogi is established in brahmacarya, continence, spiritual strength and vigor is attained. PYS 2.38 In the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali gives us five recommendations, called yamas, for how we should treat others if we want to...
by Olga | May 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
अस्तेयप्रतिष्ठायां सर्वरत्नोपस्थानम् asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ sarva-ratnopasthānam When the Yogi is established in asteya, non–stealing, all prosperity is realized. When one stops stealing from others, prosperity (material, mental, and spiritual) appears. – Sharon Gannon...
by Olga | Mar 30, 2023 | Focus of the Month
Satya-pratiṣṭḥāyām kriyā-phalāśhrayatvam When the Yogi is established in satya, honesty, the yogi attains the fruit of his actions without effort. In order to develop unwavering discriminating knowledge (vivekakhyāteḥ) between the seer and the object of seeing or...
by Olga | Mar 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
यमनियमासिप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यािसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ॥ २.२९॥ Yama-niyamāsana-prāṇāyāma-pratyāhāra-dhāraṇā-dhyāna-samādhayo’ṣṭāvaṅgāni Ashtanga Yoga, the Eight-Fold Path, is described by Lord Patanjali: Yama – Restraint Niyama – Observance Asana – Seat Pranayama –...
by Olga | Feb 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
tapaḥ-svādhyāyeśvara-praṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ (PYS 2.1) You must be fueled by a burning desire to continuously study the Self, which is only available in the present moment, and to devote your self wholly to this effort – these are the actions to be taken to attain...
