They are right knowledge, wrong knowledge, imagination, sleep and memory. Sutra 6, Samadhi Pada

Modifications of the mind are five, and they can be a source of misery or non misery.

Sutra 4, Samadhi Pada, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 

In other states, there is identification with the modifications of the mind.

Sutra 4, Samadhi Pada 

At this time, the Seer is established in the Self.

Sutra 3, Samadhi Pada, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

“Yoga is the stilling of the thought waves.”

Sutra 1, Samadhi Pada

"Now the discipline of Yoga begins."

In this opening Sutra, Patanjali speaks directly to us for the one and only time before beginning to tell us what Yoga us, the obstacles on the path and methods for attaining Yoga. 

In this episode, I spend a few minutes to very briefly look at what the  Yoga Sutras are, their value to us, their potential as a catalyst for transformation, and how they can positively impact our Yoga path. 

In this episode, I share with you the inspiration behind this podcast, Tea with Patanjali, born from a love of the way of tea, Ayurveda and the ever-wonderful and profoundly inspiring Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. 

A Sutra is an aphorism and in each of the Sutras of the Yoga Sutras text are key and potent teachings on Yoga. The Sutras teach us:

•  what Yoga is
• the nature of mind and how we  transform it 
• how to truly advance on the path of Yoga,
• the obstacles that stand in our way.
• the causes of suffering
• how to transcend suffering. 

It is a wonderful text and has been referred to as a book of human psychology, with answers for every aspect of the human condition. 

This text is held to be the most important of the Yoga texts. 

Before we delve into it, I take a little time here to explore why and how these refections came to be called "Tea with Patanjali.