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To Have or Have Not? Aparigraha: Non-Possessiveness

“Possession are okay, as long as you possess them, and you don’t allow them to possess you.” ~Sri Swami Satchidananda It’s ironic how as youngsters all we want to do is play with our toys. As children, we must learn to share at home with our siblings and at school...

Immersive Yoga Sutras Workshop: March 2025

Join Carroll Ann (Prashanti) Friedmann, E-RYT 500, for this "Immersive Yoga Sutras Workshop" from March 7 – 9, 2025 at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in Buckingham, Virginia. Discover the transformative power of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras in this intensive weekend...

A Journey into the Yoga Sutras

Enjoy watching/listening to Yoga teacher Rachel Scott's podcast in which she is in conversation with Integral Yoga Publications author Carroll Ann (Prashanti) Friedman. Prashanti discusses her new book, Practicing the Yoga Sutras: A Personal Study Guide and Journal....

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Patanjali’s Words: The “Other” Samadhi

Patanjali’s Words: The “Other” Samadhi

Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 18th and 19th sutras of Chapter 1 in which Patanjali now...

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Patanjali’s Words: Intuitive Insight

Patanjali’s Words: Intuitive Insight

Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 17th sutra of Chapter 1. Rev. Jaganath explains that this is...

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Patanjali’s Words: Nirodaḥ — Part 2

Patanjali’s Words: Nirodaḥ — Part 2

Nirodha’s Adversary: Vyutthana Vyutthana, externalization of the mind, is the predominant characteristic of ordinary consciousness. The temptation might be to characterize nirodha as a mind in meditation and vyutthana as a mind tempted by distractions of the outside...

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Patanjali’s Words: Nirodaḥ — Part 3

Patanjali’s Words: Nirodaḥ — Part 3

Nirodha as the Root of Intuitive Insight One of the major themes in the Sutras is the ability to distinguish between the mind, even the completely tranquil mind – and the Self, our True Nature. This ability is called viveka (discriminative discernment) or Yoga...

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