by The Well | Jul 7, 2023 | General, YogaSutras
Current scholarship on Patañjali’s Yogasūtra holds that it was composed around 400 CE in India, in Sanskrit, in a style known as sūtra. This means the text, which is the core presentation of Yoga as a path of living or as a practice in life, uses as few words as...
by The Well | Aug 23, 2021 | Defining Yoga, General
If you’ve been studying Yoga with us at the Yoga Well Institute for any length of time, you are undoubtedly familiar with Patañjali’s Yogasūtra. These important teachings are known as raja yoga, which means the “Royal” or “Kingly” Yoga. Patañjali’s approach to...
by The Well | Aug 10, 2021 | Defining Yoga, General
The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpika provides an excellent overview of the practice of haṭha yoga. This 15th Century Sanskrit text describes many of the principles and techniques that form the foundation of the practice of Yoga in modern times. Divided into four chapters, it...
