We strive to gratefully serve ALL by...
- willfully promoting the principles of Patanjali, including peacefulness, truthfulness, generosity, contentment, simplicity and self-study
- joyfully practicing asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana
- consciously seeking the unity in community through yoga instruction (classes/workshops), social programs (potlucks, concerts, guest speakers, book study and discussion groups) and inreach-outreach projects
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi
Who is Patanjali?
"He was clearly an adept of Yoga with a penchant for philosophy. Often wrongly regarded as the 'father of yoga,' Patanjali's great contribution was to have compiled and systematized existing knowledge and given Yoga a philosophical shape..." - Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein
What is the essence of his instruction?
The eight limbs,
1. Yama: Peacefulness, Truthfulness, Generosity, Conservation, Moderation
2. Niyama: Cleanliness, Contentment, Simplicity, Self-Study, Devotion
3. Asana: Posture or Pose
4. Pranayama: Breath Regulation
5. Pratyahara: Abstraction
6. Dharana: Concentration
7. Dhyana: Focused Concentration or Meditation
8. Samadhi: Connection or Unity Consciousness
What is the objective of his yoga?
Kaivalya, Freedom, especially from bondage and suffering - Joy, happiness, balance...
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