The beauty of the Patanjali Yogasutras is that though he speaks of asanas, he does NOT explain even one. Though he speaks of Pranayama, he does NOT explain even one. Yet this book is the foundation for all of the manifested bounty of Yoga we see globally. The root for ALL "practices" lies in the twin teachings of
1. Tada Drishtuh Swaroope Avasthanam - Reside in the form of an observer/witness
2. Tatra Stithau Yatnobhyasah - Doing that which takes you to the above "STATE" (of residing in the form of the observer/witness) is the "PRACTICE"!
The great Yogis of lore like Yagyavalkya (wrote the Yoga Yagyavalkya) and the ones from the middle ages like Rishi Gheranda (who wrote the Gheranda Samhita) and Rishi Swatmarama (who wrote Hatha Yoga Pradipika) and a whole galaxy of lesser known but equally if not more amazing Yogis like Matsyendranatha, Gorakhnatha, contributed to Yogic PRACTICES that contain details on the Asanas, Pranayamas, Bandhas and Kriyas that form the manifest Yoga we witness today. The modern saints of Yoga like Sri Kuvalayananda, Swami Sivananada and Sri Krishnamacharya and his wonderful disciples like BKS Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois have brought in their own light and understanding to this Agnostic body of knowledge. ALL these works and writings are elucidations of the understandings of these great Yogis on what brought them to "THE STATE" . AUM 🙏
1. Tada Drishtuh Swaroope Avasthanam - Reside in the form of an observer/witness
2. Tatra Stithau Yatnobhyasah - Doing that which takes you to the above "STATE" (of residing in the form of the observer/witness) is the "PRACTICE"!
The great Yogis of lore like Yagyavalkya (wrote the Yoga Yagyavalkya) and the ones from the middle ages like Rishi Gheranda (who wrote the Gheranda Samhita) and Rishi Swatmarama (who wrote Hatha Yoga Pradipika) and a whole galaxy of lesser known but equally if not more amazing Yogis like Matsyendranatha, Gorakhnatha, contributed to Yogic PRACTICES that contain details on the Asanas, Pranayamas, Bandhas and Kriyas that form the manifest Yoga we witness today. The modern saints of Yoga like Sri Kuvalayananda, Swami Sivananada and Sri Krishnamacharya and his wonderful disciples like BKS Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois have brought in their own light and understanding to this Agnostic body of knowledge. ALL these works and writings are elucidations of the understandings of these great Yogis on what brought them to "THE STATE" . AUM 🙏
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