Review of Important Sutras for Beginning Students:
We chant them all in Sanskrit then read English translations aloud.
Patricia asks students to memorize the eight limbs.
Sutra 1.5 — the Pancha Vrttis or five fluctuations. When we are not in a state of yoga this is where we are. Non-painful thoughts are sattvic thoughts. Read sutra 1.8.
For next week look over five vrttis, especially the first two vrttis in sutra 1.6.
As you begin to learn about the different vrttis (mental fluctuations) take time to occationally sit and identify what types of thoughts you are having according to the vrttis.
Smrti is on of the vrttis – conscious memory. Samskaras are subliminal impressions that create the vrttis. Everything we do, think, feel is imprinted (in the samskaras) — there’s no escape unless we restrain our thoughts and actions, which is the ultimate aim of yoga.
where can i buy a copy of
“Take a Step, No Matter How Small: Yoga for Emotional Healing,” by Patricia Walden with Jarvis Chen, 2009
any help you can lend in finding me a copy to buy would be greatly appreciated. i have an old xerox copy but need a new one. i can’t seem to find it online or thru any of the usual places that sell Iyengar publications.
many thanks