True Yoga: Practicing With the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment

When we are firmly established in truthfulness, this sutra says we gain the power of effortless manifestation. Strength and blessings come from the willingness to stand strong in truthfulness.

Yamas are moral qualities that are necessary for connection to our Soul nature.

Samadhi is the bliss of reuniting individual consciousness with the universal One Consciousness.

Self-Control (Brahmacharya): Moderation Increases Energy Dedicated to self-control, great energy is gained. Sutra ii.38

Our biography lives in our biology. The physical body registers emotional experiences.

The most important elements of the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Buddha’s teachings, and the Bhagavad Gita were compiled by Sri Patanjali around two thousand years ago into the text we now refer to as the Yoga Sutras. This is the key text of Raja (Royal) Yoga, which describes the complete yoga path, a scientifically organized spiritual technology for

The purpose of right action (Tapas) is to keep us on the pathway toward true happiness rather than allowing ourselves to be pulled impulsively toward short-lived pleasures. Finding our balance through sincere effort, physically and mentally, this Sutra assures us that we will awaken an inspired consciousness and find joy in sharing our unique gifts

Pranayama is the regulation and enhancement of the subtle Life Force currents (prana) through which we move into subtler realms of awareness.

Additionally, this Sutra indicates that true fulfillment and prosperity are impossible if we take more than we give on a regular basis.

The second fundamental building block for lasting happiness is integrity. If we are not living from the place of authenticity deep in our heart of hearts, then quite simply we are not living our true life. We are living a lie and we will never secure fulfillment materially or spiritually. Truth is powerful and living in truth (Satya) makes us power