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CARLES RODRIGO MONZO/STOCKSY

PRACTICE

well

Embodying

the sutra

IN SUTRA 1.2, Patan-

jali, the sage who com-

piled the Yoga Sutra,

writes that we need to

diminish the chatter,

or vrttis, of the mind

in order to witness our

true self. Anyone who

has tried to meditate

knows this is much

easier said than done.

Even after 40 years of

practice, my monkey

mind can quickly take

over as I sit in Padma-

sana (Lotus Pose). A

cloud of thoughts rolls

in like a storm or a

swarm of mosquitoes.

These thoughts—

about how to be a

As interpreted

by Rodney Yee

continued on page 54

“Yoga is the restriction of the

fluctuations of consciousness.”

YOGA SUTRA 1.2 / TRANSLATION BY GEORG FEUERSTEIN