The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali -- Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary (trans. by Chip Hartranft) The Yoga Sutra as Practice - an Interview with Chip Hartranft … [Read more...] about The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali — Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary (trans. Chip Hartranft)
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The Yoga Habit ~ 30 Day Yoga Challenge
"This practice becomes firmly rooted when it is cultivated skillfully and continuously for a long time." - The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali 1:14 If you're anything like me, then you may have noticed that the intensity of your yoga practice surges at times and then peters out at times. You practice regularly for a week or two, and then nothing. You move on to something else for a while and then realize one day that you haven't seen your yoga mat for a month. It's a strong likelihood that this … [Read more...] about The Yoga Habit ~ 30 Day Yoga Challenge
New Home for Daily Cup of Yoga
Yoga totally rocks! Since I get so much enjoyment out of studying and practicing yoga and sharing my thoughts and discoveries with each of you here at Daily Cup of Yoga, I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about how to improve the site's 1) resources, 2) user friendliness, and 3) aesthetics. After mulling it over, and doing some research I decided that in order to make the necessary improvements and changes to Daily Cup of Yoga it needed its own web host and domain. Though it's been … [Read more...] about New Home for Daily Cup of Yoga
Yogic Action ~ Yoga Sutra 2.1
One translation: Yogic action has three components--discipline, self-study, and orientation toward the ideal of pure awareness. Another translation: Burning zeal in practice, self-study and study of scriptures and surrender to God are the acts of yoga. … [Read more...] about Yogic Action ~ Yoga Sutra 2.1
Yoga Sutra Meditation
Yoga Sutra 2.7 - 2.11 Attachment is a residue of pleasant experience. Aversion is a residue of suffering. Clinging to life is instinctive and self-perpetuating, even for the wise. In their subtle form, these causes of suffering are subdued by seeing where they come from. In their gross form, as patterns of consciousness, they are subdued through meditative absorption. … [Read more...] about Yoga Sutra Meditation
Weekend Yoga Thoughts
It's really been one of those weeks. You know, the kind where everything else in life gets put on hold so that one great big project that was supposed to be done two months ago finally gets finished. The kind of of week where every day starts early and ends late, with hardly any room in between to breathe. Somehow I survived, and fortunately relief came Friday morning when I finally turned in the paper that's consumed most of my energy. Needless to say, I also started this blog about a week … [Read more...] about Weekend Yoga Thoughts
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