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Yoga Sutra Unveiled, Online, November 4-6
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Discover experientially the relationships between movement, stillness, breathing, perception and awareness so tersely outlined by Patanjali.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is perhaps the most incisive and illuminative text ever written. In a few hundred words Patanjali presents and clarifies the conundrum of human experience and consciousness. Not a how-to manual of techniques, the Yogasutras provide a potent and invaluable map of human experience that, once clearly understood, will allow you to find your way more easily to the source of your own experience and existence. This in turn will allow you live your life more deeply and satisfyingly.
The subtleties of cognition, perception, awareness and consciousness are all outlined within the context of an effortless internalisation of awareness, that depends only on letting go into a deep intimacy with what is actually happening. A master non-dualist Patanjali clearly outlines the dynamics of duality upon which our experience, suffering and release, depend, while making it quite clear that what we need is not skill or knowledge, but the intelligence that we actually already are. This frees yoga from the bottomless pit of accomplishment into the satisfying dynamic of self enquiry.
Defining yoga as both state, yoga citti vrtti nirodah (letting go of the projections of mind), and process, tapah svadhyaya ishvara pranidhanani kriya yoga (passionate enquiry into the nature of the self), the eight limbs (ashtanga) of yoga are clearly presented by Patanjali, not as a curriculum of techniques, but as the deep infolding of conscious awareness into its source. This infolding is invited by yama and niyama, and flows intermittently through the awareness states of asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dhyana and dharana to samadhi, and back again.
This three day, twelve hour, online course will give you the keys to fertilising both your practice and your life in the depth and power of Patanjali’s profound perspective.
Godfrey will use Patanjali’s text to guide you deep into the richness of your own Presence. The intelligence that you are will be revealed, step by step, on the basis of Patanjali’s signposts and markers. This journey will include experiential explorations of yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. Each session will begin with practice and be followed by an analysis of Patanjali’s wisdom as it relates both to practice and to life.
Friday evening. 18.00-21.00 CET. Yama, Niyama, Asana. This session will begin with a meditation and reading of the text of the Yogasutras. This will be followed by a gentle movement practice to both access the awareness state of Asana, and to clarify the significance of Yama and Niyama to practice. It will be followed by an analysis of the the significance of Yama and Niyama both to practice and to life, and the nature of Asana as an awareness state available independent of practice.
Saturday afternoon 16.00-20.30 CET. Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara. This session will begin with a gentle movement practice designed to release the breath from learned restrictions. It will be followed by a breath awareness practice that will clarify the passive and powerful nature of Patanjali’s approach to Pranayama. This will be followed by an analysis of the the significance Patanjali gives to intimacy, effort and intention within Spiritual Practice.
Sunday afternoon 16.00-20.30 CET. Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi This session will begin with a gentle movement as meditation practice designed to quieten the mind through intimacy with the body. It will be followed by a guided meditation that will clarify the subtle dynamics of perception and experience as presented by Patanjali. This will be followed by an analysis of the role that Patanjali gives to perception and identification in the experience of suffering, and the possibility off freedom.
This course is open to anyone curious about human experience and human nature. It will provide you with many applicable insights that will help you navigate your life more lightly. Godfrey's rendering of the Yogasutras into English will be provided to all participants.
All sessions will be recorded and available online until December 6th.
The subtleties of cognition, perception, awareness and consciousness are all outlined within the context of an effortless internalisation of awareness, that depends only on letting go into a deep intimacy with what is actually happening. A master non-dualist Patanjali clearly outlines the dynamics of duality upon which our experience, suffering and release, depend, while making it quite clear that what we need is not skill or knowledge, but the intelligence that we actually already are. This frees yoga from the bottomless pit of accomplishment into the satisfying dynamic of self enquiry.
Defining yoga as both state, yoga citti vrtti nirodah (letting go of the projections of mind), and process, tapah svadhyaya ishvara pranidhanani kriya yoga (passionate enquiry into the nature of the self), the eight limbs (ashtanga) of yoga are clearly presented by Patanjali, not as a curriculum of techniques, but as the deep infolding of conscious awareness into its source. This infolding is invited by yama and niyama, and flows intermittently through the awareness states of asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dhyana and dharana to samadhi, and back again.
This three day, twelve hour, online course will give you the keys to fertilising both your practice and your life in the depth and power of Patanjali’s profound perspective.
Godfrey will use Patanjali’s text to guide you deep into the richness of your own Presence. The intelligence that you are will be revealed, step by step, on the basis of Patanjali’s signposts and markers. This journey will include experiential explorations of yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. Each session will begin with practice and be followed by an analysis of Patanjali’s wisdom as it relates both to practice and to life.
Friday evening. 18.00-21.00 CET. Yama, Niyama, Asana. This session will begin with a meditation and reading of the text of the Yogasutras. This will be followed by a gentle movement practice to both access the awareness state of Asana, and to clarify the significance of Yama and Niyama to practice. It will be followed by an analysis of the the significance of Yama and Niyama both to practice and to life, and the nature of Asana as an awareness state available independent of practice.
Saturday afternoon 16.00-20.30 CET. Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara. This session will begin with a gentle movement practice designed to release the breath from learned restrictions. It will be followed by a breath awareness practice that will clarify the passive and powerful nature of Patanjali’s approach to Pranayama. This will be followed by an analysis of the the significance Patanjali gives to intimacy, effort and intention within Spiritual Practice.
Sunday afternoon 16.00-20.30 CET. Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi This session will begin with a gentle movement as meditation practice designed to quieten the mind through intimacy with the body. It will be followed by a guided meditation that will clarify the subtle dynamics of perception and experience as presented by Patanjali. This will be followed by an analysis of the role that Patanjali gives to perception and identification in the experience of suffering, and the possibility off freedom.
This course is open to anyone curious about human experience and human nature. It will provide you with many applicable insights that will help you navigate your life more lightly. Godfrey's rendering of the Yogasutras into English will be provided to all participants.
All sessions will be recorded and available online until December 6th.