Practice
My engagement with the yoga sutra started more than a decade ago. At first it was to learn the meaning as expounded by my teachers. A few years back, it became more experiential through the medium of practice. This was my gateway into antaranga yoga sAdhana : P ractices where one asks questions such as: With what attitude do I look at the world in this moment / what is my location? How do I enliven myself and my context? What are my triggers? How does my inner being respond to these triggers? and so on. By starting with “ atha yoga anushAsanam ” Patanjali indicates that he is compiling knowledge that has been expounded by a line of previous Seers. For me, as a yoga and Dhrupad practitioner, it is always thrilling to reflect on the fact that these traditions have been passed down not through scholarship but praxis. Every time I practice, I uphold this tradition and play a role in passing it forward. These traditions a...