- LIVE ONLINE PROGRAM
March 21- May 23, 2022
Patanjali Yoga Sutras: Practical Guide - Cultivating Freedom from Binding Thoughts and Emotions through the Five Yamas
Swami Brahmananda
10 WEEKLY SESSIONS, Mondays, 6:00-7:45pm ET
Course Description:
Learn how to cultivate compassion, discernment of the truth, commitment to your spiritual studies and practices and purity of heart and mind through meditations based on the teachings of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras. This is the best and easiest way of keeping the mind free of binding emotional reactions to situations and individuals.
Join this 10 week course with Swami Brahmananda and learn practical tools to cultivate Ahimsa or non-violence and compassion, Satyam or truthfulness, Brahmacharya – commitment to the spiritual path and purity, Asteya and Aparigraha – freedom from binding desires to objects and possessions. The teachings and practices are meant for new and experienced students alike.
Students will have the opportunity to receive personal guidance from Swami Brahmananda on their studies.
What you'll learn:
- Learn special meditation techniques to cultivate these five fundamental divine virtues for a clear mind and deep meditation.
- Learn life transforming tools to cultivate divine virtues and purify your character from negative traits. You will gain clear understanding and hands on practice with these Yogic tools.
- You will receive recorded guided meditations to continue the practice daily by yourself.
- Cultivating compassion and non-violence for the purification of negative, binding emotions.
- Cultivating truthfulness and the discernment of what is right knowledge for mental clarity and steadiness.
- Cultivating your commitment to the spiritual path, your studies and practices and developing purity and self-control.
- Learn practical tools to overcome emotional attachments and addictions.
- The yamas are counteracting the kleshas or roots of suffering. The practices of the yamas are based on meditation and the capacity to perceive directly the afflicting nature of the kleshas, and not to act upon the impulses arising from them. By not acting upon the impulses of the kleshas, one practices the yamas.
Additional Information:
Offered as 10 weekly sessions on Mondays, Mar 21, 28, Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 23 6:30-7:45pm ET
This program is offered live through Zoom webinar with the availability for students to interact through Q&A with the presenter.
For enrolled students, a video recording will be available after each class in the event you miss a class or would like to review the content.
It is possible to register and take the course at any time. You can catch up on any classes you miss with the recordings.
Requirements and Recommendations:
- No experience necessary. This program is open to beginners as well as advanced practitioners.
- Viewing Device: Desktop or laptop computer will provide the best experience, although you can also connect via a tablet or smartphone.
- Internet connection: High-speed broadband wired or wireless is best.
- Video: Download Zoom to your computer, or install the Zoom app to your device. For interactive group sessions, a webcam or integrated camera will allow others to feel more connected with you.
- Audio: Headphone speakers are recommended. If you wish to participate vocally, a headset with a microphone will be ideal.
Course Includes:
- 10 live sessions of study from the Patanjali Yoga Sutras and guided practices. Each class includes teachings, practice time and dedicated time for questions and answers
- Recordings of the live sessions
- Course Manual
- Teacher’s availability to reply to questions about the study material between classes
Swami Brahmananda is a monk and senior teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is the current Manager of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas. Swami Brahmananda joined the Sivananda organization in 1999 and was initiated into Sannyasa (monasticism) in 2006.
A long-time practitioner of yoga, meditation and philosophical studies, he regularly teaches meditation and yoga philosophy for the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses as well as the Advanced Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses. He also teaches online courses on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras and Vedanta. Swami Brahmananda is a much-loved, inspiring, and knowledgeable teacher.