Lecture 1/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.

This recording is the first in a series of lecture from a workshop.

This lecture opens with a reading of sūtras 28-45 of the second chapter of Pātañjali’s Yoga Sūtras in Spanish with Swamiji providing the sūtras in Sanskrit.

From here Swamiji brings the discussion to what comes immediately before these sūtras: what is pain and suffering, its cause, what can and cannot be avoided. And our willingness to change our thinking.

This leads to an exploration of the breath with a particular focus on active and passive, or doing and happening. The listener is encouraged to experiment with, and experience the effects, from breathing according to the simple practices recommended by Swamiji.