WEEK 1:
The Three ‘Yogas’ of the Bhagavad Gītā:
A Liberating Path of Embodied Living

• Featuring previously un-translated commentary by Tantric Master Abhinava Gupta
• The first life-affirming approach to Yoga and its significance to us today
• The Yoga of Embodied Action (Karma): How to Live in the World without suffering
  
  

WEEK 2:
The Three ‘Yogas’ of the Bhagavad Gītā:
A Liberating Path of Embodied Living (II)

• Featuring previously un-translated commentary by Tantric Master Abhinava Gupta
• The Yoga of Knowledge (Jñāna): How to maintain a daily practice as a Householder
• The Yoga of Devotion (Bhakti): The direct means to discovering One’s true ‘Self’
  
  

WEEK 3:
An Introduction to Classical Yoga:
The Yogasūtra of Patañjali

• Defining ‘Yoga’ – How the liberated state is regularly experienced by all beings
• Experiencing ‘Yoga’ –How to access the Liberated State at will
  
  

 

WEEK 4:
Patanjali’s Eight ‘Limbs’ of Yoga Practice (ashtānga)

• The Organizing of  Yoga into a Sequential Practice (Vinyāsa)
• Roots of Tantric (Hatha) Yoga Vinyāsa

WEEK 5:
The Liberating Psychology of the Yogasūtra Unveiled

• Samskāra: Identifying the un-conscious seeds behind human suffering
•  The ‘Mind Cycle’ (citta-vritti) Map: A Path to Freedom

 

WEEK 6:
The Tantric Renovation of the Yogasūtra:
Preview of Part III

Featuring un-published commentaries by renowned Tantric Masters on select sūtras of Patañjali, translated for the first time by Christopher Tompkins

PART II : 300 B.C. – 350 A.D.

YOGA DARSHANA

The Evolution of Classical Yoga

JANUARY 21th – FEBRUARY 25th  | HISTORY OF YOGA VINYASA