YSI's Yoga Sutra is a four course journey through the world's most famous text on Raja Yoga.
R O A D M A P :
Chapter 1: Meditation
Chapter 2: The Way
[April 28 - May 29]
Chapter 3: Practice
Chapter 4: Total Purity
*80 hours of training in total
What you will get:
Expert Guidance and Support:
Learn from experienced practitioners who bring the timeless teachings of Master Patanjali to life, offering in-depth insight to each verse, making this course a valuable investment in your understanding of a life changing text.
Practical Application:
Earle Birney bridges ancient wisdom with contemporary life by presenting practical tools and techniques derived from the Yoga Sutra to enhance clarity of purpose, emotional stability, and overall well-being.
Go Beyond The Physical Postures:
This course offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the profound teachings of the Yoga Sutra, providing insights the study of mind, reality and our personal role in all of it.
WHY STUDY THE YOGA SUTRA?
The Yoga Sutra is the essential text on yoga philosophy. Written approximately 1800 years ago, its wisdom has proved timeless.
In a world filled with distractions and social pressures, practitioners use this text as a clear guide on the path out of pain and suffering, a tool for mastering the mind, and a clarifier for understanding the true nature of reality.
Who is the author, Master Patanjali?
Yogi
Master Patanjali, through his work with the Yoga Sutras, laid down an enduring framework that systematically charts the journey towards self-realization and mastery over the mind.
Doctor
Dancer
He is also celebrated as a classical Indian dancer, embodying the spiritual essence of his teachings through the intricate language of movement and expression.
Thinker
Distinguished as a Sanskrit philosopher, Patanjali contributed to the field through his works on grammar, establishing foundational principles that continue to influence the study of the Sanskrit language.
Course Dates:
April 28 - May 29 [Online]
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Over a five week period students will be guided through THE WAY, the second chapter of The Yoga Sutra by Master Patanjali.
We will focus on the commentary written by Geshe Michael Roach: The Essential Yoga Sutra - Ancient Wisdom for your Yoga.
This course leads students to apply these ancient teachings of wisdom to their daily life in modern times. They will attend live classes, engage in group discussions, and complete homework assignments.
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Earle Birney
New York, USA
Earle Birney, has studied this text word by word in Sanskrit from Geshe Michael, Ven. Sumati Marut, and Swami Swaroopananda, gaining beautiful perspectives from each of these teachers.
He then studied over 20 commentaries, taught the text word by word over the course of 2 years, and took this text, and only this text, into his three-year meditation retreat where he (painstakingly) memorized it. He completed the five year curriculum covering the essential texts of yoga philosophy including the Yoga Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita as well as the Lady Niguma and Heart Yoga systems. He has studied with many great teachers in the Ashtanga, Bikram, Anusara, and Sivananda systems as well and is a 500-hr. E-RYT.
At present Earle is living in New York where he teaches for the Three Jewels Outreach Center, develops curriculum for YSI, leads international youth retreats, and leads meditation and yoga teacher trainings.
