Sutra Squad

Seth Barron
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Sutra Squad is a weekly study of the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali. Each week Seth Barron, Sara Page Hall, and Sally Mohr discuss a verse of the text to examine its meaning & how we can embody this wisdom on and off the yoga mat. We believe the Yoga Sūtra are for EVERYONE - and this study can be a way to gain understanding of yoga philosophy in an approachable, accessible, and embodied practice of study.

  1. 4일 전

    Ep. 23 Sutra 2.3 On the Obstacles to Yoga

    This week we explore the fundamental obstacles to yoga, as defined in this verse - ignorance or misunderstanding, egoism or “I-am” ness, pleasure, pain or discomfort, and clinging to life.  The sequence of these obstacles is key to their understanding - beginning with the fundamental mis-knowing that gives rise to the rest.

    1시간 7분

  2. 6월 25일

    Ep. 22 Sutra 2.1 on the Sādhana Pāda and Kriya Yoga

    On this week’s episode we begin our exploration of the second chapter of the Yoga Sūtra, the Sādhana Pāda - the chapter on Practice.  The first verse in this chapter gives us a very practical, yet challenging, prescription for the yoga practice in action or Kriya Yoga.  These three essential elements - tapas, svadhayaya, isvara pranidhana - heat or austerity, study of self, surrender to divine - are the building blocks from which we can truly build a practice of Yoga.

    1시간 6분

  3. 6월 12일

    Ep. 21 - Sutra 1.36 On the Effulgent Light Within

    This week we look at one of the suggested points of focused attention that can bring clarity & peace of mind - the effulgent inner light within each & every one of us.  The Yoga Sūtra reference “light” throughout the text, and in this case it refers to the light within that we can perceive when we cultivate stillness and our attention to inner, subtle experience.  The light within each of us is described here as beyond sorrow, and reminds us that we are part of something much much bigger than our individual experience.

    1시간 11분

  4. 6월 5일

    Ep. 20 - Sutra 1.33 On the Locks and the Keys

    This week we come home to exploring the “Locks & Keys”, the attributes that we cultivate to preserve the innate or natural serenity of the yogi’s mind in the face of the worldly winds of material life.  These attributes are also known as the brahmaviharas in Buddhist lineages, the divine abodes or sublime attitudes of the Buddha. We will discuss how we can seek to expand our capacity for each these attitudes - maitri (friendliness or loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudito (sympathetic joy), upekshanam (equinimity) as a path toward finding our true self & serenity of mind.

    1시간 10분

  5. 5월 28일

    Ep. 19 - Sutras 1.27-29 On the Nature & Meaning of the Sacred Sound OM

    This week we explore the nature and meaning of OM, the sacred sound of sound.  OM is spoken, chanted, or recited in many contexts - yoga ãsana classes, meditation practices, and rituals across Eastern lineages spanning Hinduism or Sonatan Dharma, Buddhism, Jainism, and even in forms across Abrahamic lineages (ShalOM, Amen, Amin).  OM is the sound of creation, the evolution of consciousness, and our shared uniting eternal lineage.  OM is beyond space and time, and connects profoundly to our highest selves and our fundamental interconnectedness.

    1시간 6분

  6. 5월 16일

    Ep. 18 - Sutra 1.23 On the Only Shortcut in Yoga

    This week we explore the only “shortcut” offered in the Yoga Sūtra - that by offering full surrender to the divine of our understanding we may accelerate or even reach enlightenment, bliss, and samādhi.  We will spend a moment to discern the difference between “religion” and “spirituality”, and how yoga itself is not a religion (while certainly having roots in religious tradition) and instead explore yoga as a spiritual practice of devotion.  We will explore the qualities of divine presence, the personal journey to this awareness and understanding, and look for paths to deepen this practice of surrender in our lifelong journey toward Truth.

    1시간 4분

  7. 5월 7일

    Ep. 17 - Sutras 1.15-16 On the Nature of Detachment

    This week we explore the other side of the “formula” by which we achieve yoga & look at the second component - vairagya - detachment.  We explore what it means to discover the nature of our physical desires in an effort to transcend them, and deepen that transcendence to the point at which we can perceive divine spiritual energy & presence.  The journey within to examine the seeds of our worldly desires is an immortal practice of self-study, and while challenging at times, is crucial to our journey toward Truth and Freedom.

    1시간 9분

  8. 4월 30일

    Ep. 16 - Sutras 1.13-14 on the Nature of Practice

    This week we go deeper into the essential formula by which we achieve yoga & look at the first component - abhyāsa - practice.  We explore what it means to be firmly established in a practice, and how we sustain our practices over extended periods, and throughout the duration of our lives.  Examining our actions as practices - which are intentional, which have become mindlessly habitual - is a critical step in developing the self-awareness needed for deep and sustained loving practice of yoga.

    1시간 8분
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Sutra Squad is a weekly study of the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali. Each week Seth Barron, Sara Page Hall, and Sally Mohr discuss a verse of the text to examine its meaning & how we can embody this wisdom on and off the yoga mat. We believe the Yoga Sūtra are for EVERYONE - and this study can be a way to gain understanding of yoga philosophy in an approachable, accessible, and embodied practice of study.

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    Seth Barron
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    2026년
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