Dive Deeper: Yoga Spirituality & Ancient Texts

Svadhyaya on Skis As part of my role in making the philosophy and lived experience of yoga more accessible, I often return to the Eight-Limbed Path of Yoga as shared in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. One of these limbs is Niyama, often translated as “effortful habituations,” practiced in alignment with the Yamas. Patanjali outlines five such habituations: cleanliness, contentment, discipline, self-study, and devotion to something beyond the ego. In this reflection, I’m focusing on

A way to understand the Ages system in South Asian history, the Yugas. A point of context for the Yoga practitioner to understand the current Age or KaliYuga and what context to view the practices and teachings of Patanjali in the yoga sutras as.