Upcoming Workshop with Gitte Bechsgaard & Sheila Haswell
Yoga Sūtras: A Road Map and Practice Workshop
Abhyāsa vairāgyabhyam tannirodhaḥ… The fluctuations of mind are
stilled by the twofold Yogic discipline: practice and detachment.
(Patañjali, sūtra 1.12)
Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras provides an incredible map of the potential of consciousness, a consummate guide to the inner journey, that this workshop seeks to explore in a variety of ways. The course offers an opportunity to deepen your relationship with the classical text of the Yoga Sūtras through integrated study and practice. Teachings will include recitation of the sūtras as well as an inspiring exploration of the relevance of Yoga philosophy to daily life and practice. A map of ‘practice essentials’ will be explored. In this balancing act between the study of Yoga Sūtras and Yogic discipline, we will also focus in part on the practice of āsanas (Yoga postures) and prāṇāyāma (breath control) according to the B.K.S. Iyengar method of Yoga. In Patañjali’s eightfold path, these so-called outer limbs (bahir-aṅga) are especially important in forming a foundation for the study of Yoga philosophy and the development of the inner limbs (antara-aṅga) of Yoga.