Join Melissa for a four-week exploration of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras—a timeless sacred text of 196 aphorisms offering profound guidance on the path of yoga. Compiled over 2,500 years ago, the Sutras are divided into four padas (chapters), each illuminating different aspects of practice, awareness, and liberation.

In this session, we’ll focus on the first pada, Samadhi Pada, the foundation of yogic philosophy. Together, we’ll study and discuss the Sutras using four different translations to deepen our understanding of their meaning and relevance in modern life.

We’ll draw from the following translations:

• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Chip Hartranft
• The Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi
• The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda

Participants are welcome to bring any one of these translations; Melissa will have all four available for shared study.

This is an interactive and ongoing exploration, welcoming all levels of curiosity and experience. Each session will be recorded and available for one week following the live discussion.