Sinking Into The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A Yin Yoga Series with Corina Benner

The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is recognized as the oldest text specifically about the path and practice of yoga. Patanjali is not credited with discovering or inventing yoga, but rather distilling and organizing much existing information into short, pithy phrases (sutras) that could be memorized, and that need to be ‘un-packed.’ Sitting quietly to study the Sutra(s) can be excruciating. The body fidgets; the mind wanders. To meet and overcome this challenge, our study of the Sutras will be accompanied by Yin Yoga practice. This allows the information to sink deeply into your psyche and soma, and helps you discover how this wisdom can be immediately applicable to physical yoga practice and life in the modern world. In this workshop, students will be introduced to how this classic text is organized, and we will venture into understanding what this text asserts is the ultimate goal of yoga. We will chant, call-and-response…