Deeper Tennent & Study of Yoga

Namaste May,

Like a swollen river that winds its way through mountains, and across deserts, before emptying into the primal ocean, yoga unfolds over time–leading to our essential origin.

This month, in our weekly Master Class, we turn our attention to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a definitive treatise on the aim and path of yoga; leading to complete freedom.

Sounds nice, right!?

The text starts with a declarative assertion: “atha-yoga-nushasanam” or, “Now the study of Yoga.”

The first word, “atha”, means now. Indicating a possible monumental build up of  life experiences that have led to this moment.  Now, we are in a position to take up the study.

Atha also connotes that we will commence our study, a movement towards future study.

And finally, Atha also signals the eternal present. As in NOW. Yoga study is a total embrace of the perennial-immediacy that touches all of life; past, future and present.

One who awakens to the very first word of the very first yoga sutra can simply lay the rest of the text to rest. And for those who may struggle with present moment freedom, there is more to unpack.

We invite you to join in our study of the phenomenal book of wisdom.