When I first studied the yoga sutras in my yoga teacher training I was so lost. These videos are helping me understand it much deeper. Thank you so much.
Rachel, again absolutely beautifully explained. I enjoy listening to you and I feel I understand it. Being German sometimes is a hindrance, the language barrier is a challenge. I love the way you teach, you are my example that I like to follow🙏🏻 Thank you very, very much.
This is soooo well explained, pleaaaase continue, looking forward to watch the upcomings videos, thank you so much, you are making the book easier to understand ❤️🙏
And yes please, I have one question regarding the non-attachement, in the sutra 16, some translations are talking about the gunas as primordial attributes, and non-attachement is to let go these gunas... Would you mind bring more insights to this please ? Thanks in advance 😁🙏
Hi Meriem! So nice to connect with you here :) First let me caveat that I am not a sanskrit scholar nor expert, so I stand on the shoulders of my teachers (Yoga Works faculty, Alan Finger, Carlos Pomeda, Hareesh Wallis) in anything that I share. :) For sutra 1.16: the gunas are the three primary forces or qualities of nature (rajas - activity, tamas - lethargy/ slowing and sattva - illumination or the absence of the other two). Everything in the material world (prakriti) is involved in the gunas....they make stuff go. So when the practitioner does not even crave engagement with these forces, that is the ultimate form of non-attachment. But I think it's important to note the order of operations: we experience our True Self...and FROM THAT understanding, this letting go arises. In other words, we don't force ourselves to renounce our cravings/ desires/ engagement in worldly activity and then hope to be enlightened. Through the evolution of our connection with Purusha, we will naturally (and easefully) be less attached :)
Wonderful! Rebecca, I'm so glad it's helpful :) Have a great YTT journey! And come to a live class sometime ;) First class free with coupon: FIRSTCLASS rachelscott.offeringtree.com/schedule
I've recently discovered you! I've been studying for my yoga teacher training this year so have been exploring patanjali and different yogic texts, it's great to hear your take on the sutras and it's really starting to bring the teachings to life for me, well you know what they say, when the students ready haha.. thankyou for doing what you do💛
Just now learning about yoga. I’m happy to have found your page. Thanks for posting! I’ve practice Jiu-Jitsu for a few years, and I love Eckart Tolle, who I’ve heard you allude to. This seems similar in spirit, although BJJ isn’t openly compared to/or equated with, meditation.
Hey Austin! Great to have you here :) BJJ is an amazing practice - I have an idea that I'd love to try it out and attended an open house in the not too distant past that was super fun. Though it may not be equated with meditation, it seems to me that these sorts of activities can bring one to a powerful still point of focus and awareness.
Hello Rachel as usual your explanations are helpful, is it possible for you to tell me where i can find information about the origin of ayurveda, hinduism & in ancient times how people were living and solving their health problems
Hello Deepa! Nice to connect with you ~ I think this is an area of some mystery, but I would investigate some of the more experienced teachers in Ayurveda...Vasant Lad, Todd Caldecott are a couple that I know of to be of good reputation. Perhaps that's a place to start!
from my experience Pantanjalis instructions must be based in samadhi having already been established PRIOR to all of the mental activity he is calling for . The mind has no ability to reveal that which it appears inside of as consciousness awake to itself , so he must be basing his instructions on a background of fully established Samadhi . This becomes apparent later on in the book where he discusses super normal powers or Sidhis. performing sidhis involves subtle conscious thinking while in samadhi . Thinking the sutra must not in any way disturb the transcendental state . if it does then samadhi is not well established and one must return to stabilizing it before continuing with the sidhis . It seems as though the translators of Patanjalis sutras missed the necessity of effortlessness in meditation in the beginning of the book and instead promotes effort to achieve that which is in effortless alertness with itself . Effort or thinking cannot create its opposite , just as war does not create peace but rather the absence of conflict . Real peace exists as a self sustaining state regardless of external circumstance Likewise effort in meditation cannot create non effort .Real effortlessness is the same self sustaining state that is peace . to achieve effortlessness in meditation one must make use of something that is common to all and exhibiting the quality of effortlessness . Oddly enough it is thinking itself which is an effortless process . One can and does use directed effort in thinking but the fundamental quality of thinking is effortlessness . just close the eyes and notice that thought will appear without effort . in mantra meditation we can make use of effortlessness in thinking by tossing the mantra into the already existing stream of effortless thinking and then let it go . a gap will appear in between awareness of the mantra and undirected random thought . in this gap transcendence is revealed . this is a simplistic overview of the process and i won't go further as it requires one on one guidance due to the tendency to introduce effort in the thinking process . What i am saying may be in contrast to the comments thread so i will cease posting if you advise me to do so . i do not want to create any confusion with your students .
Hallo! Thank you for posting and sharing ~ you are very welcome to share your experience here! I am not a Sanskrit scholar so I can't say if translators missed introducing a reference to effortlessness, or if Patanjali himself did not speak to that quality directly. The sutras are (obviously) very concise and leave a lot of room for skilled teachers and practitioners to interpret them in different beneficial ways.
Thanks for allowing me to post on your channel . i suspect that the emphasis on effort in revealing Samadhi by the translator must have to do with the translation itself . As you know translations can be very confusing at times and i believe that many of these ancients texts suffer from the same dilemma . Those that have had either repeated or only one experience of Smadhi would all agree that it is effortlessness itself . So it makes sense to me that any effort involved in realizing that which is effortless , Samadhi would be counter productive . It's almost as if patanjali was speaking in a time period long before the written word where transcendental consciousness /Samadhi was the norm of the collective peoples of that time . But we know that to not be true according to the general consensus of when his sutras were written . i honestly don't know but something seems to be missing in the translation,,,,, Or ?
I love how you break it down and explain it so clearly. Great job! Thank you!
My pleasure Michelle!
When I first studied the yoga sutras in my yoga teacher training I was so lost. These videos are helping me understand it much deeper. Thank you so much.
My absolute pleasure - I'm very happy to hear that these videos are helping the sutras to make more sense :)
Rachel, again absolutely beautifully explained. I enjoy listening to you and I feel I understand it. Being German sometimes is a hindrance, the language barrier is a challenge. I love the way you teach, you are my example that I like to follow🙏🏻 Thank you very, very much.
Gabriele - my absolute pleasure 💕 Very happy to share!
This is soooo well explained, pleaaaase continue, looking forward to watch the upcomings videos, thank you so much, you are making the book easier to understand ❤️🙏
And yes please, I have one question regarding the non-attachement, in the sutra 16, some translations are talking about the gunas as primordial attributes, and non-attachement is to let go these gunas... Would you mind bring more insights to this please ? Thanks in advance 😁🙏
Hi Meriem! So nice to connect with you here :) First let me caveat that I am not a sanskrit scholar nor expert, so I stand on the shoulders of my teachers (Yoga Works faculty, Alan Finger, Carlos Pomeda, Hareesh Wallis) in anything that I share. :) For sutra 1.16: the gunas are the three primary forces or qualities of nature (rajas - activity, tamas - lethargy/ slowing and sattva - illumination or the absence of the other two). Everything in the material world (prakriti) is involved in the gunas....they make stuff go. So when the practitioner does not even crave engagement with these forces, that is the ultimate form of non-attachment. But I think it's important to note the order of operations: we experience our True Self...and FROM THAT understanding, this letting go arises. In other words, we don't force ourselves to renounce our cravings/ desires/ engagement in worldly activity and then hope to be enlightened. Through the evolution of our connection with Purusha, we will naturally (and easefully) be less attached :)
@@RachelScottYoga oooh this is amazing!! makes sens to me, thank youuu so much for this clarification ❤️🙏
I am in Teacher Training and has been struggling internaizing Yoga philosophy. I am so glad to discover your video series on the sutras. Thank you.
Wonderful! Rebecca, I'm so glad it's helpful :) Have a great YTT journey! And come to a live class sometime ;) First class free with coupon: FIRSTCLASS rachelscott.offeringtree.com/schedule
Such a helpful video. i love the entire series you did. I'm going through them all now and they are all so helpful!
Awesome Ramina ~ happy to have you here! :)
I look forward to all the upcoming videos. I'm really enjoying these.
I am so glad to hear it Samantha :)
I've recently discovered you! I've been studying for my yoga teacher training this year so have been exploring patanjali and different yogic texts, it's great to hear your take on the sutras and it's really starting to bring the teachings to life for me, well you know what they say, when the students ready haha.. thankyou for doing what you do💛
Nice to connect with you here Alison!!! 🌈🌈🥰🥰🥰
You explain things so well ❤
I'm glad it's useful Karen :) 💛💛💛
Just now learning about yoga. I’m happy to have found your page. Thanks for posting! I’ve practice Jiu-Jitsu for a few years, and I love Eckart Tolle, who I’ve heard you allude to. This seems similar in spirit, although BJJ isn’t openly compared to/or equated with, meditation.
Hey Austin! Great to have you here :) BJJ is an amazing practice - I have an idea that I'd love to try it out and attended an open house in the not too distant past that was super fun. Though it may not be equated with meditation, it seems to me that these sorts of activities can bring one to a powerful still point of focus and awareness.
Thank you for all the hard work you do ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️you are my inspiration 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Awww!!! 🙏🏻😘💫glad to connect 🙏🏻
Everything seems clear to me after listening to you❤️ thanks!
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I love these videos so, so much! Thank you for giving your time to explaining the philosophy to us
My pleasure Gemma! :)
thank you Rachel. I love hearing your explanations
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mindfulness!
Thank you
So glad I found your channel!!
Glad to have you here Brittany!
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Hello Rachel as usual your explanations are helpful, is it possible for you to tell me where i can find information about the origin of ayurveda, hinduism & in ancient times how people were living and solving their health problems
Hello Deepa!
Nice to connect with you ~ I think this is an area of some mystery, but I would investigate some of the more experienced teachers in Ayurveda...Vasant Lad, Todd Caldecott are a couple that I know of to be of good reputation. Perhaps that's a place to start!
@@RachelScottYoga Thank you Rachel
Wonderful as always. Thank you!
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Continue please
“This is all day, everyday, folks “ 😂🙌❤️
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Waiting for hindi subtitle ma'am 🙏💖
from my experience Pantanjalis instructions must be based in samadhi having already been established PRIOR to all of the mental activity he is calling for .
The mind has no ability to reveal that which it appears inside of as consciousness awake to itself , so he must be basing his instructions on a background of fully established Samadhi .
This becomes apparent later on in the book where he discusses super normal powers or Sidhis.
performing sidhis involves subtle conscious thinking while in
samadhi . Thinking the sutra must not in any way disturb the transcendental state . if it does then samadhi is not well established and one must return to stabilizing it before continuing with the sidhis .
It seems as though the translators of Patanjalis sutras missed the necessity of effortlessness in meditation in the beginning of the book and instead promotes effort to achieve that which is in effortless alertness with itself .
Effort or thinking cannot create its opposite , just as war does not create peace but rather the absence of conflict .
Real peace exists as a self sustaining state regardless of external circumstance
Likewise effort in meditation cannot create non effort .Real effortlessness is the same self sustaining state that is peace . to achieve effortlessness in meditation one must make use of something that is common to all and exhibiting the quality of effortlessness .
Oddly enough it is thinking itself which is an effortless process . One can and does use directed effort in thinking but the fundamental quality of thinking is effortlessness . just close the eyes and notice that thought will appear without effort . in mantra meditation we can make use of effortlessness in thinking by tossing the mantra into the already existing stream of effortless thinking and then let it go . a gap will appear in between awareness of the mantra and undirected random thought . in this gap transcendence is revealed .
this is a simplistic overview of the process and i won't go further as it requires one on one guidance due to the tendency to introduce effort in the thinking process .
What i am saying may be in contrast to the comments thread so i will cease posting if you advise me to do so . i do not want to create any confusion with your students .
Hallo! Thank you for posting and sharing ~ you are very welcome to share your experience here! I am not a Sanskrit scholar so I can't say if translators missed introducing a reference to effortlessness, or if Patanjali himself did not speak to that quality directly. The sutras are (obviously) very concise and leave a lot of room for skilled teachers and practitioners to interpret them in different beneficial ways.
Thanks for allowing me to post on your channel .
i suspect that the emphasis on effort in revealing Samadhi by the translator must have to do with the translation itself .
As you know translations can be very confusing at times and i believe that many of these ancients texts suffer from the same dilemma .
Those that have had either repeated or only one experience of Smadhi would all agree that it is effortlessness itself . So it makes sense to me that any effort involved in realizing that which is effortless , Samadhi would be counter productive .
It's almost as if patanjali was speaking in a time period long before the written word where transcendental consciousness /Samadhi was the norm of the collective peoples of that time . But we know that to not be true according to the general consensus of when his sutras were written .
i honestly don't know but something seems to be missing in the translation,,,,, Or ?