The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali—a practical interpretation

Book Description (169 pages, 9 diagrams)

This is an amazingly practical interpretation and has been used as a student text in its purist form without traditional religious overtones, for more than 20 years.

For more than twenty years, I had struggled to understand various English translations of Patañjali’s Yoga Sûtra. I had found these texts coloured by academic and/or religious overtones and overbearingly obscure in meaning. Yoga has been known as a practical life system with spiritual overtones, but I had found great difficulty applying these classical texts to everyday life.

Not having the opportunity nor resources to study the Sûtra at the feet of a respected guru, I eventually abandoned the English translations, engaged a Sanskrit tutor (Joya Trivedi Rogers) studied Sanskrit and tackled the Sûtra in its original language. A few thousand hours of study/tutoring and inquiry led me to this practical and logical interpretation which I have been able to successfully use to understand myself and life and spirituality now for more than 30 years.

Hopefully you can use this text to inspire your spiritual inquiry and give you a more practical understanding of your journey through life.