A Spiritual Life
JOIN US LIVE on ZOOM this Friday, September 4th at 5:00pm to discuss the Summer Book Read of “The Art of Happiness” !! Once again I am going to combine the discussion we had in Yoga Sutra Study yesterday with … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Sunday Sutra Study
August 30 – Yoga Sutra Discussion
One of the questions that arose in the last discussion was about the last Sutra on pain, II.17 – “the cause of pain is the association or identification of the seer with the seen and the remedy lies in their … Continue reading →
Shifting Perspectives
Again, I will take the title of Chapter 10 in “The Art of Happiness” by HH the Dalai Lama to recap this week’s reading and I am also including thoughts from our Yoga Sutra Discussion group this past Sunday as … Continue reading →
July 26th Yoga Sutra Study – The Pains Yet to Come
For our next Yoga Sutra study meeting on July 26th we will be reading in Chapter 2, sutras 15, 16, and 17. From the Light on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Translation by BKS Iyengar: Sutra II.15 – The wise … Continue reading →
What Comes Around Goes Around
I went into Sunday’s Yoga Sutra discussion wondering what we would talk about. The idea of karma is typically oversimplified and/or immediately connected to reincarnation, so there are many ways we can choose to avoid this topic all together. However, … Continue reading →
June 28 Sutra Study Reading – Introducing the Concept of Karma
Our next meeting of the Yoga Sutra Discussion Group will be on Sunday, June 28th at 11:00am. The next reading is of the next three Yoga Sutras that introduce the concept of karma. Sutra II.12 : The accumulated imprints of … Continue reading →
Yoga AND “the real world”
Yesterday’s Yoga Sutra Discussion will stay with me for some time, though the feeling is not new, it is just another context to contemplate…you might have to tuck in for this long one… How can this “study of yoga” really … Continue reading →
For March Study – Yoga of Action!
Our next Yoga Sutra discussion will be Sunday, March 22, at 11am. We will be reading the first three sutras in the second chapter – Sadhana Pada. For navigation purposes, whatever translation you might have purchased for the discussion group, … Continue reading →
Feb 23 Sutra Study Recap
We had an amazing turn out for our first Yoga Sutras discussion group – a wonderful mix of students and teachers, levels and interests. I look forward to experiencing the developing conversation. THANK YOU ALL for coming! In the introductions … Continue reading →