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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

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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.

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Second fundamental need

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Second fundamental need

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Second Fundamental Need
    How important are your relationships?
    Our second fundamental need, the need for meaningful connections. Are your beliefs about the world influencing your ability to relate to others? IS it helpful to have other people along your journey? What do others contribute to your life: love, friendship, support, guidance, challenge, inspiration? What happens when you have nobody to share your life with? How are you cultivating meaningful relationships?

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    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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    • 9 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: First fundamental need

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: First fundamental need

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: First fundamental need
    How do you express your uniqueness?
    Is authenticity affiliating with a particular set of beliefs? Have you consciously participated in the creation of those beliefs? What do you do when you discover that one of those beliefs no longer fits your experiences? Do you believe that there is a specific self within you? Does that self change, or does it always remain the same? Is it possible to recognize that you have always been a unique expression of consciousness, participating in life with less prejudice, and appreciating the uniqueness of each moment? 
    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/ 
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    • 11 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Two Needs and One Goal

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Two Needs and One Goal

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Two needs and one goal
    What are your fundamental needs? and What is your life's goal? 
    Each one of us is unique. And our first fundamental need is to feel that uniqueness and to express it. Our second fundamental need: We need to connect with other people in a meaningful way. The most important goal is to be present by embodying awareness wherever we are. If you had to choose only one goal for your life, what would you choose?
    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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    • 14 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Yoga, Conscience and tendencies

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Yoga, Conscience and tendencies

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Yoga, Conscience and Tendencies
    Living with wisdom is living with awareness
    Yoga is a call to action. Yoga is awareness. Yoga is being aware of your tendencies. Yoga is awareness of your relationships. What happens when you try to live with conscious awareness? What are the tendencies that you discover in your body, your posture, and your movements? Which tendencies do you notice in your mind and ways of thinking? What tendencies are you aware of in your ways of feeling?

    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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    • 14 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: The gift of time

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: The gift of time

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: The Gift of time
    Are you taking time to explore your relationship with yourself? 
    Giving yourself time is an essential skill for engaging in meaningful projects and for establishing meaningful relationships with yourself, with others, and with the world around you. What is the relationship you have with time? Do you feel like you have enough time or that you have to be running from one place to another? 
    What's important enough for you to devote time and attention to?
    Who is important enough in your life to deserve your time?
    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 
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    • 8 min
    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Open mind and heart

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Open mind and heart

    Weaving the Yoga Sutra: Open mind and heart
    Is it possible that opening your heart and mind might offer you a portal to awareness?
    Are there obstacles preventing you from showing up to each moment with an open mind and an open heart?
    What assumptions color your mind?
    What predispositions color your emotions?
    What is the relationship between your mind and heart, does your open heart automatically invite your mind to open or is it the other way around?
    What would it take for you to invite yourself to participate in your life with gentle curiosity, gratitude, and enjoyment?
    What happens if you see that this day will never come back? 

    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/ 
     
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    • 8 min

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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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