yogajala Staff Patanjali opens the Yoga Sutras with four Sanskrit words that frame everything that follows. Here is what atha yoga anushasanam really means, why each word was chosen, and how Sutra 1.1 sets up the rest of the text.
Patanjali names five fluctuations of mind in Yoga Sutra 1.6 — pramana, viparyaya, vikalpa, nidra, and smriti. Here is what each vritti means and how to recognise it in practice.
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Purusha is the unchanging witness consciousness in classical yoga philosophy. Discover what it means, how it differs from Prakriti, and how practice helps you recognise it.
A clear, modern commentary on Patanjali’s Sutra 1.2 – the four-word definition of yoga itself. Translation, vrittis explained, and how to practise it.