Feeling Restless or Stressed? Your Mind Is Sending Signals Ever notice how a busy mind instantly changes how your body feels? Over 2,000 years ago, Patanjali mapped this exact connection in Yoga Sutra 1.31. He explained that when our minds are distracted or face inner...
I.30 Vyādhi Styāna Samśaya Pramāda Ālasya Avirati Bhrāntidarśana Alabdha Bhūmikatva Anavasthitatvāni Citta Vikșepāh te Antarāyāh In Chapter 1, Sutra 30 of the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali outlines the nine Antarāyas—the natural obstacles on the yogic...
We often speak of Tapas as the heat we generate during Mysore class—the sweat dripping onto the mat, the steady Ujjayi breath, and the determination required to catch a heel or hold a challenging posture. Yet, in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Tapas is far more than...
You know that moment—deep in a challenging pose, muscles trembling, when you realize you’re trying far harder than necessary? This is where Vairagya enters, not as defeat, but as wisdom. Vairagya—non-attachment—paired with Abhyasa (steady practice) creates the...
In the Yoga Sutras, self-observation is known as Svadhyaya. In our Ashtanga community, the mat acts as a mirror; we don’t just study the sequence, we study the person performing it. At its core, Svadhyaya is the practice of observing your ego, habits, and reactions...
As the year winds down, we have a beautiful chance to take what we’ve learned on our mats and bring it into our everyday lives. December is a sacred time for closing one chapter and preparing for the next. Your daily Ashtanga practice already asks you to show up...
