Tag: yoga sutras

Easing into Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II Pose)

The Yoga Sutras outline a plan for living that flows from actionto knowledge to liberation. Rolf Gates & Katrina Kenison The Yoga Sutras are spiritual aphorisms threaded together as guides for yogis committed to practising the experiential science and philosophy…

Helen Maupin

Samskaras — 9 Predictable Life Obstacles to Overcome

In Yogic, Buddhist and Taoist terms, the “wheel of life” or the cycle of birth and death is an ongoing and evolving experience.  In these ancient belief systems, humans are vulnerable to repeating the birth-death cycle over and over again,…

Helen Maupin

Practice + Non-attachment = Navigation Skills for Being Human

Both practice and non-attachment (nonreaction) are required to still the mind.  Yoga Sutra 1.12 For millennia, the yoga sutras have provided its practitioners with aphorisms or truths meant to increase understanding and provide direction with regard to the mystery of…

Helen Maupin