Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras:
Vedic Psychology
About the Yoga Sutras:
Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras is less a philosophy text and more a methodology for understanding reality. Unlike non-dualistic approaches to understanding reality like Vednta, Patañjali's Yoga explains reality as a dualistic interaction between nature and consciousness. It's a manual for calming the mind with self realization as the goal.
Also known as Rāja Yoga, or the “royal path” because one becomes refined through the practices suggested in the text. This is the path of meditation.
About the Course:
Allison shares the teachings traditionally and cleanly from the Sanskrit text while simultaneously referring to our shared sense of modern reality. This course aims to be of genuine support as you transform and evolve to become more content, more peaceful, and more connected to your reality.
You'll have lifetime access to over 40 hours of teachings. Allison has been an ongoing student of Patanjali's teachings since 2001, having studied directly with Swami Swaroopananda and Dr. Edwin Bryant.
Course Outline: pre-recorded material
Chapter 1: Samādhi Pāda
- Definition of yoga
- Vṛttis
- Abhyāsa and vairāgya
- Īśvara
- Calming the mind
- Samādhi
Chapter 2: Sādhana Pāda
- Kriyā Yoga
- Kleśas
- Karma
- Suffering
- Aṣṭāṅga Yoga
Chapter 3: Vibhuti Pāda
- Review Ch 1 & 2
- Inner limbs
- Samyama
- Siddhi’s
- Saṁskāras and Dharmin
Chapter 4: Kaivalya Pāda
- Karma and Saṁskāras
- Time and Guṇas
- Distinctions between Yoga and Buddhism
- Ultimate Freedom
- Class 1: Invocations, Course, and Program Introductions (69:09)
- Class 2: What is Yoga? (69:03)
- Class 3: Vṛttis - The waves in the mind (72:31)
- Class 4: Vṛttis - The waves in the mind (60:05)
- Class 5: Abhyasa & Vairagya - Practice & Non-attachment (69:18)
- Class 6: How long does it take? And where am I trying to go? (63:23)
- Class 7: Īśvara and Om (55:38)
- Class 8: Other Areas for Concentration (57:00)
- Class 9: Review and Samādh (63:02)
- Class 1: Kriyā Yoga (53:10)
- Class 2: Kleśa (59:37)
- Class 3: Kriyā Yoga Weakens the Kleśas (58:13)
- Class 4: Karma, the Root of Klesha (62:50)
- Class 5: Suffering and Its Cause (54:57)
- Class 6: Liberation and Aṣṭāṅga Yoga (62:57)
- Class 7: Yama (63:07)
- Class 8: Niyama (73:08)
- Class 9: Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, & Pratyāhāra (58:46)
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