YOGA SUTRAS:
Exquisite Study
and Embodied Practice

JANUARY 11-19, 2024
January 11-12, 15, 16, 18-19
Saturdays & Sundays 8:00-5:30
Wednesday 9:00-1:00
Thursday (Zoom) 5:30-9:00
Mountain Time
All Sessions can be done Livestream and will be Recorded

Written in 200 BC, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is the singular text that illumines the path of yoga, guiding us towards profound self-understanding - the seed of all self-transformation.

The transcendent wisdom of the Sutras reveals the science of ‘awakening’ by threading together all the diverse teachings of yoga into a single body of knowledge. It’s scope is vast and profound, yet elegant in its simplicity, and completely relevant to today’s world. Study of the Sutras accelerates our journey of personal growth in the world while deepening our relationship to the Infinite.

The Sutras teaches us to:

• master the mind and thus shape our perceptions

• free ourselves from the tyranny of thought

• establish witness consciousness

• unite body, breath and mind to connect with Source

• gain insight into our relationship with the Infinite

• understand the source of suffering and therefore its cure

Our deep study will be supported by practices designed to integrate our learning through embodied experience. Each practice session is devoted to unfolding a key teaching - we begin by stabilizing the mind and body, and culminate with sublime practices to access the deepest heart.

Topics Include:

• Historical overview - the big picture

• The Tantra of the Yoga Sutras

• Witness consciousness

• The sacred approach to mantra jappa (silent repetition)

• The exquisite teaching on the cave of the heart

• Mastery of asana according to Patanjali

• Pranayama and the mind

• Mastery of the mind

• Sources of suffering - the kleshas

• Approaches to eliminate suffering

• Obstacles on the path

• The three paths of yoga

• Abhyasa (practice) and vairaghya (surrender)

• The nature and purpose of meditation

• Practices for self-reflection and self-inquiry

Required Reading: THE SECRET OF THE YOGA SUTRA by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - A reflection on the reading must be submitted to receive credit towards certification.

For those seeking certification, a brief reflection from recorded sessions must be submitted to receive credit for missed sessions.

Counts fully towards 300 hour Certification with Mary Johnston-Coursey
CEs for RYTs: 41
Cost: $695
30% Discount for Students Repeating this Course (Use code REPEAT at checkout)