I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 12/21/19.

Brief summary of the sutras we covered: Sutra 1.30: vyādhi styāna saṁśaya pramāda-ālasya-avirati bhrāntidarśana-alabdha-bhūmikatva-anavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepāḥ te antarāyāḥ ॥30॥ Disease, dullness, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sensuality, false perception, failure to reach firm ground and slipping [...]

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the presentation on “Essential message of Bhagavad Gita” that I made on Sunday, January 5, 2020 to the students undergoing yoga teacher training at the Yoga Garden yoga studio in Apex:

Brief summary of what we covered: Introduction Background – events leading up to the Kurukshetra [...]

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the Yoga Sutra workshop that I presented on Sunday, January 5, 2020 to the students undergoing the Yoga Teachers Training program at the Yoga Garden yoga studio in Apex, NC.

Brief summary of what we covered: Overview of the Yoga Sutras text Definition of yoga Brief [...]

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 11/16/19.

Brief summary of what we covered:

We continued the discussion of sutras in the early part of chapter 1. We discussed the concept of the five vrittis and also abhyasa (practice) and vairagya [...]

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 8/17/19: Brief summary of what we covered: We continued the discussion of chapter 2. This chapter covers the concepts of Kriya Yoga, kleshas (afflictions), karma theory, insight into the Samkhya philosophy and the eight [...]

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the presentation on “Intro to Sanskrit for Yoga” that I made on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to the students undergoing yoga teacher training at the Blue Point Yoga Center in Durham under the guidance of Sara Doyle.

Brief summary of what we covered:

General characteristics of the Sanskrit language

Sanskrit alphabet – 48 letters; vowels are written first, then consonants

Sanskrit sounds are produced by placing the tongue in various positions in the mouth

Sanskrit transliteration – diacritical marks with examples

Pronunciation of some of the common yoga terms – asana names, pranayama, meditation, yoga sutras, common words, numerals

More on language characteristics

Noun and verb declensions 

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Below are links to the powerpoint presentations used for these discussions:

Intro to Sanskrit for Yoga

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the presentation on the Yoga Sutras that I made to the students undergoing yoga teacher training at the Blue Point Yoga Center in Durham under the guidance of Sara Doyle on Tuesday, July 16, 2019:

Brief summary of what we covered:

An overview of the yoga sutras with focus on Samadhi

Definition of yoga

Concept of abhyasa (practice) and vairagya (non-attachment)

Kleshas (afflictions)

Brief intro to the Samkhya Philosophy

Eight limbs of yoga

Three stages of meditation: dharana, dhyana, samadhi

Sutras related to meditation and samadhi: sutras 1.17, 1.18; sutras 1.41 thru 1.51; sutras 3.1 thru 3.4; sutras 3.7 thru 3.12

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Below are links to the powerpoint presentations used for these discussions:

Dharana, dhyana, samadhi

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Below is the audio recording from the workshop on "Intro to Upanishads – main concepts" that I presented on Saturday, 7/13/19 to the students undergoing advanced teacher tarining at the Yoga Garden studio.

Brief summary of what we covered:

What are the Upanishads – the four Vedas, Upanishads forming the end part of the Vedas

Main themes and concepts discussed in the Upanishads

Four "maha-vakyas" (great statements)

Five pranas (vital airs)

Five koshas (sheaths of awareness)

OM (AUM), its meaning and significance

Goal of life – liberation

Atma (individual soul) and Brahman (supreme consciousness)

A brief intro to the Kathopanishad

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Yoga defined

Ashtanga yoga (eight limbs)

Kriya, Klesha, Karma

Concept of Ishwara

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the monthly workshop on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali held on Saturday, 06/15/19:

Brief summary of what we covered:

We continued the discussion of chapter 2. This chapter covers the concepts of Kriya Yoga, kleshas (afflictions), karma theory, insight into the Samkhya philosophy and the eight limbs of yoga. We covered the following sutras:

Sutra 2.19 (four stages of gunas)

Sutra 2.20 (purusha, even though pure, follows mind)

Sutra 2.21 (prakriti for the sake of purusha)

Sutra 2.22 (after liberation prakriti exists for other non-liberated souls)

Sutra 2.23 (purpose of union between purusha and prakriti)

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Below are links to the powerpoint presentations used for these discussions:

Yoga defined

Ashtanga yoga (eight limbs)

Kriya, Klesha, Karma

Concept of Ishwara

Dharana, dhyana, samadhi (samyama)

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I am pleased to present an audio recording of the presentation on “Essential message of Bhagavad Gita” that I made on Sunday, June 11, 2017 to the students undergoing yoga teacher training at the Yoga Garden yoga studio in Apex:

Brief summary of what we covered:

Introduction

Background – events leading up to the Kurukshetra war

Paths of yoga in Gita

Karma yoga (action)

Bhakti yoga (devotion)

Jnana yoga (knowledge)

Dhyana yoga (meditation/mind)

Three gunas – sattva (purity), rajas (action), tamas (dullness)

Other significant verses in Gita

Modern applications

Q&A

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Essential message of Bhagavad Gita

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