Four Tuesdays: March 3, 10, 17, 24, from 7-8:30pm.

Including excerpts from the upcoming book, “Farther Away than the Stars”(Meditations from the Yoga Sutras), Nayaswami Hriman shares insights for life from the great scripture of yoga, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. In these four classes we will explore each of the “books” or “padas” of the sutras, distilling practical counsel for the yogi lifestyle.

Each class will include guided practices in meditation and open discussion.

* Now we come to yoga: what is our motivation and purpose for meditation and the yoga lifestyle?
* The importance of concentration
* Methods recommended by Patanjali for concentration
* Yamas and niyamas in the 21st century.
* Is devotion and the guru missing from the Sutras?
* Importance of AUM
* Turning off the five sense “telephones”
* Where do the paths of yoga fit into the Sutras?
* When will I get the siddhis (powers)?
* What is enlightenment?
and much more………