by Olga | May 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
अस्तेयप्रतिष्ठायां सर्वरत्नोपस्थानम् asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ sarva-ratnopasthānam When the Yogi is established in asteya, non–stealing, all prosperity is realized. When one stops stealing from others, prosperity (material, mental, and spiritual) appears. – Sharon Gannon...
by Olga | Mar 30, 2023 | Focus of the Month
Satya-pratiṣṭḥāyām kriyā-phalāśhrayatvam When the Yogi is established in satya, honesty, the yogi attains the fruit of his actions without effort. In order to develop unwavering discriminating knowledge (vivekakhyāteḥ) between the seer and the object of seeing or...
by Olga | Mar 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
यमनियमासिप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यािसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ॥ २.२९॥ Yama-niyamāsana-prāṇāyāma-pratyāhāra-dhāraṇā-dhyāna-samādhayo’ṣṭāvaṅgāni Ashtanga Yoga, the Eight-Fold Path, is described by Lord Patanjali: Yama – Restraint Niyama – Observance Asana – Seat Pranayama –...
by Olga | Feb 3, 2023 | Focus of the Month
tapaḥ-svādhyāyeśvara-praṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ (PYS 2.1) You must be fueled by a burning desire to continuously study the Self, which is only available in the present moment, and to devote your self wholly to this effort – these are the actions to be taken to attain...
by Olga | Dec 28, 2022 | Focus of the Month
LOKĀḤ SAMASTĀḤ SUKHINO BHAVANTU May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all. What determines the result of any action in life is the...
by Olga | Dec 2, 2022 | Focus of the Month
HYP 2.5 When all nadis and cakras that are completely impure become purified, then the self-controlled Yogi retains (his) vital breath within — Translation by Manorama The urge to transcend self-conscious selfhood is a principal appetite of the soul — Aldous Huxley...
