Namaste Yoga 76 True Self with Dr. Melissa West
This week's class will focus on coming into direct and immediate experience of our divine nature, our true essence. Drawing from the teachings of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras we will use yoga to free us...
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Namaste Yoga 75: Klesas
This episode of Namaste Yoga is dedicated to what Patanjali refers to as the 5 causes of suffering, the klesas. According to the Yoga Sutras the mental/emotional causes of suffering are unawareness, egotism, clinging...
Namaste Yoga 42: Special Series: Yamas and Niyamas: Isvara Pranidhana
This class features the final of the niyamas (personal practices) as outlined by Patanjali in his compilation of the yoga sutras. Isvara Pranidhana means surrender to the divine. To cultivate Isvara Pranidhana we will...
Namaste Yoga 37: Special Series on Yamas & Niyamas: Aparigraha with Dr. Melissa West
This week in Namaste Yoga we explore the last of the yamas or ethical principles as outlined by Patanjali in the yoga sutras. Aparigraha means non-hoarding or non possessiveness. It is said that when...
Namaste Yoga 33: Special Series on the Yamas and Niyamas: Ahimsa
This is the first in a series of ten classes on the yamas and niyamas as outlined by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. The yoga sutra is one of the most well-known spiritual texts...
