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  • 1.8 viparyayah mithyajnanam atadrupa pratistham

    ByAaron Fleming November 5, 2017November 5, 2017

    viparyayah: perverse, unreal mithyajnanam: illusory knowledge atadrupa: not in its own form pratistham: occupying, standing, seeing, beholding Illusory or erroneous knowledge is based on non-fact or the non-real. A false conception can generate wrong feelings. Our consciousness then responds to the wrong feelings by generating more thoughts, based on the original false impression. A vicious…

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  • 1.7 pratyaksa anumana agamah pramanani

    ByAaron Fleming August 12, 2017

    pratyaksa: direct perception anumana: inference agamah: texts or scriptures, a person who is a scriptural authority and whose word can be relied on pramanani: kinds of proof Correct knowledge is direct, inferred or proven as factual. There are three ways to know something correctly: you can know from your own direct perception, from deduction, from…

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  • 1.6 pramana viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtayah

    ByAaron Fleming August 3, 2017August 3, 2017

    pramana: valid / correct knowledge viparyaya: inverted, perverse vikalpa: doubt, indecision, imagination or day-dreaming nidra: sleep smrtayah: memory They are caused by correct knowledge, illusion, delusion, sleep and memory. The five-fold fluctuations of consciousness.

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  • 1.5 vrttayah pancatayyah klista aklistah

    ByAaron Fleming August 1, 2017August 2, 2017

    vrttaya: movements pancatayyah: fivefold klista: painful aklista: non-painful The movements of consciousness are fivefold. They may be cognizable or non-cognizable, painful or non-painful. cognizable: perceptible, clearly identifiable. The movements of consciousness are either perceptible or not. They can either be painful or not painful.

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  • What is the Gentle class all about?

    ByAaron Fleming July 27, 2017July 27, 2017

    Since we are offering a new Gentle class this fall I thought I would write some to explain what this class is like and who would benefit. The new Gentle class will be offered on Thursdays at 4:30pm, beginning on September 7, 2017. (You can sign up online or at your first class.) First let…

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  • 1.4 vrtti sarupyam itaratra

    ByAaron Fleming July 25, 2017August 2, 2017

    vrtti: fluctuations, modifcation sarupyam: indetification itaratra: at other times At other times, the seer identifies with the fluctuation consciousness. When the consciousness is not stilled the seer gets caught up in the fluctuations. The fluctuations appear as a reverie which take one away from the present moment.

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  • 1.3 tada drastuh svarupe avasthanam

    ByAaron Fleming July 19, 2017August 2, 2017

    tada: then, at that time drastuh: the soul svarupe: in his state avasthanam: dwells Then, the seer dwells in his own true splendor. When the consciousness is stilled then our impression of our self is no longer distorted.  

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  • 1.2 yogah cittavrtti nirodhah

    ByAaron Fleming July 18, 2017August 2, 2017

    yogah: union or integration citta: consciousness vrtti: fluctuations nirodhah: restraint Yoga is the cessation of the movements in the consciousness. This is definition of yoga. The study of the consciousness with an attempt to bring the thoughts under our control.

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  • 1.1 atha yoganusasanam

    ByAaron Fleming July 12, 2017August 2, 2017

    atha: now, auspiciousness, a prayer yoga: joining, union, junction, combination anusasanam: advice, direction, order, command, instructions With prayers for divine blessings, now begins an exposition of the sacred art of yoga. We can begin our study of yoga now. Anytime. Patanjali gives the instructions to follow on the path.

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  • What is Iyengar Yoga known for? (part 3: accommodating students)

    ByAaron Fleming June 29, 2017July 6, 2021

    Iyengar Yoga is known for: being a method with roots in tradition creating the best of the best teachers accommodating a huge variety of students In the previous post (What is Iyengar Yoga known for? part 2: creating the best of the best teachers) we established that Iyengar Yoga Teachers are highly trained. Often taking…

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Asanas are done primarily to change the mental state, the mind-set and then the deeper layers of the mind, up to the consciousness and conscience.

~ Prashant Iyengar, Chittavijnana of Yogasanas

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