Yoga Sūtra Articles
On Truth and Trauma – with reference to the Yoga Sūtra
Atha yogānuśāsanam - and now ensues yoga. So begins the Yoga Sūtra. What does yoga ensue from? From the knowing that we do not know, from the acknowledging that we are partially (and significantly)...
Practical Patañjali – March 2022
Usually when I write about the Yoga Sūtra, it is with commentary and fairly extensive illustration. When I speak about the Yoga Sūtra, I often describe the sūtra-s as being like lighthouses that...
Yoga is a Four Letter Word – a Few More Introductory Thoughts
‘Satyam eva jayate’ - truth alone prevails - so it is stated in the Mahābhārata epic. Truth and truthfulness are at the heart of the Indian tradition, and are the life pulse of yoga, the practical...
Yama-niyama: Beyond Rules to Robust Harmonisation
One way that yoga could be described is as coming into sustainable, integrated balance, through all parts of ourselves and in relation to the world around us. A striking feature of ‘conventional,...
Ancient and Always New
A story stays alive when it stays relevant, when it continues to move people. The story of yoga, of the quest of the individual to recognise his or her innate self, is timeless, and it moves us...