This article was submitted by Ranju Roy who attended Ramaswami’s Vinyasa Krama Intensive Retreat at EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, UK in February 2009. I first heard of Srivatsa Ramaswami about twenty years ago when I read Basic Tenets of Patanjala Yoga, his booklet on the Yoga Sutras. It struck me that the author was quite traditional, [...]
My Prayers to Patanjali, hailing from a family of sages, who by his work on yoga, grammar and therapy, helped mankind eradicate defilements of mind language and body. -Traditional Sanskrit prayer In an ancient civilisation people were suffering from pains due to defilements of body, speech and mind so they prayed to the Lord for [...]
In chapter two of the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali presents Kriya Yoga as a starting point for practice. According to this procedure the practices of Kriya Yoga will prepare us for the Ashtanga Yoga described later in the text. Kriya Yoga is three things. · Reduction of distraction, control of senses. · Study of texts pertaining [...]
