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Can the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali be applied today? Sutra means thread. Yoga Sutra is the thread of yoga. Most interpretations of the Yoga Sutra are complex and hard to understand. After investing more than 12 years studying, chanting and teaching the Yoga Sutras, Ruben Vasquez guides you on a journey exploring the wisdom of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. This ancient wisdom is relevant and applicable for yoga students and teachers today. Besides clear explanations and examples, each episode offers useful questions to reconnect to your natural clarity and harmony. Unravel the Thread is an invitation to be joyfully present in your life.

Unravel The Thread: Living the Yoga Sutra today Ruben Vasquez

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 35 Ratings

Can the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali be applied today? Sutra means thread. Yoga Sutra is the thread of yoga. Most interpretations of the Yoga Sutra are complex and hard to understand. After investing more than 12 years studying, chanting and teaching the Yoga Sutras, Ruben Vasquez guides you on a journey exploring the wisdom of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. This ancient wisdom is relevant and applicable for yoga students and teachers today. Besides clear explanations and examples, each episode offers useful questions to reconnect to your natural clarity and harmony. Unravel the Thread is an invitation to be joyfully present in your life.

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Are you a follower?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Are you a follower?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Are you a follower?
    Would you rather follow a teacher or a teaching?
    Part of the learning process involves recognizing if the teacher is trustworthy and well-intentioned. The other part is testing the teaching to ensure that it is applicable and useful for us at the time. By paying attention to the teacher, their actions and the coherence between their actions and their words, we will probably learn some important lessons, some to be emulated and some as warnings as to what not to do. 
    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This content is inspired by the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali according to the  book Unravel the Thread by Ruben Vasquez available at: 
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    • 8 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Learning to learn

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Learning to learn

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Learning to learn
    The essence of learning is tolerable discomfort.
    All learning will, by definition, help us transcend our current views and understanding, and thus, in the process we are going to feel uncomfortable. The better we are at managing this discomfort the more effective our learning and the more likely it is that we will continue learning for the rest of our lives. 
    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This content is inspired by the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali according to the  book Unravel the Thread by Ruben Vasquez available at: 
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ 
    Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez/book/50532904 
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    #yoga #simpleyoga #yogasimple #unravelthethread #yogasutra #patanjali #patanjaliyogasutra #presence

    • 10 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: What do I know?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: What do I know?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: What do I know?
    Is it possible that what you know leads you to a sense of unity and integration?
    What do I know? How do I know what I know? Is what I know the result of my direct experience? Is it possible that my knowledge is colored by one of the five afflictions, my sense of identity, my likes, my dislikes, and my desire to keep my identity alive?
    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This content is inspired by the Yoga Sutra of PAtanjali according to the  book Unravel the Thread by Ruben Vasquez available at: 
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ 
    Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez/book/50532904 
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    Indiebound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781737648208 
    Thriftbooks https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/unravel-the-thread-applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life_rubn-vsquez/29003752/ 
     
    #yoga #simpleyoga #yogasimple #unravelthethread #yogasutra #patanjali #patanjaliyogasutra #presence

    • 10 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Pause and relax

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Pause and relax

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Pause and relax
    Pausing is a way of creating space for presence
    Pause to redirect your attention to your senses. Connect to the direct experience of the present moment by feeling what is happening. As you pause and feel, notice if there is any tension or resistance. Then RELAX. How often do you take time just to be? Does your experience change when you pause, feel and relax? Is your perspective slightly different?

    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This content is inspired by the Yoga Sutra of PAtanjali according to the  book Unravel the Thread by Ruben Vasquez available at: 
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ 
    Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez/book/50532904 
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unravel-the-thread-rub-n-v-squez/1139928755 
    Indiebound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781737648208 
    Thriftbooks https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/unravel-the-thread-applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life_rubn-vsquez/29003752/ 
     
    #yoga #simpleyoga #yogasimple #unravelthethread #yogasutra #patanjali #patanjaliyogasutra #presence

    • 15 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Best friend or worst enemy?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Best friend or worst enemy?

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Best friend or worst enemy?
    Are you helping or hindering yourself?

    When you are making choices, would it be useful to pause briefly and ask yourself: "At this moment, am I being my best friend or my worst enemy?" What evidence do you have of being a true friend to yourself? Are your choices and actions supporting your heartfelt intentions and purpose? 
    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This content is inspired by the Yoga Sutra of PAtanjali according to the  book Unravel the Thread by Ruben Vasquez available at: 
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ 
    Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez/book/50532904 
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unravel-the-thread-rub-n-v-squez/1139928755 
    Indiebound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781737648208 
    Thriftbooks https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/unravel-the-thread-applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life_rubn-vsquez/29003752/ 
     
    #yoga #simpleyoga #yogasimple #unravelthethread #yogasutra #patanjali #patanjaliyogasutra #presence

    • 9 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Returning to your true nature

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Returning to your true nature

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Returning to your nature
    Connecting to your true nature
    Do you feel supported? Do you feel protected" Do you feel nourished? Do you feel joyful? Are you guided by love and compassion? How do you feel, and how do you participate in your life when you feel supported, protected, nourished, joyful and guided by love and compassion? How do you participate in your life?
    https://simple-yoga.org 
    This is an excerpt from the book Unravel the Thread available at: 
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ 
    Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez/book/50532904 
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unravel-the-thread-rub-n-v-squez/1139928755 
    Indiebound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781737648208 
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    #yoga #simpleyoga #yogasimple #unravelthethread #yogasutra #patanjali #patanjaliyogasutra #presence

    • 14 min

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Thank you for this podcast, I have been looking for the correct pronunciation in Sutras for a long time and I found you,
Please continue and leave more diverse pronunciations

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This podcast truly helps me to expand my learning of the yoga sutras and life in general. Very grateful for these episodes. Keep them coming! :)

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Excellent guide to each sutra in depth, with relevant and accessible application to daily life. Thank you for this podcast!!! Please keep them coming. Love the chanting guide as well.

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