Good Company

Fall, 2011.

This is where you'll find posts of readings from class and uploads of dharma talks and meditations, along with thoughts on living Yoga... I started this blog as we worked our way through Stephen Mitchell's lovely translation of the "Tao Te Ching," expanding the readings with stories, sacred text, and poetry from parallel wisdom traditions.

In Spring, 2011, we entered into a new cycle of teachings, working with the classic text of yogic psychology, "The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali." The versions of this text I've tended to work with are:

Chip Hartranft: The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
Mukunda Stiles: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Nischala Joy Devi: The Secret Power of Yoga

Two excellent commentaries that elegantly flesh out the Yoga- Sutra for 21st century readers are:
Michael Stone: The Inner Tradition of Yoga
Stephen Cope: The Wisdom of Yoga

We're currently taking a break from Patanjali to open up more class time for mantra and meditation practice. My plan has always been to return to Patanjali. Perhaps that plan will prevail. And then again, perhaps we'll move in another direction. The Shiva Sutras have been calling me. Perhaps that's where we're headed in 2012...

With love to all.
Suzin

Time:
7:30 - 9:30 pm

Basic Schedule:
7:30 Open Kirtan
8:00 Welcome & Dharma Talk
8:20 Slow Om Namah Shivaya
8:40 Silent Meditation
9:00 Q&A Sharing; Closing Kirtan

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88 Orchard Hill
Skillman, NJ 08558
609-924-7294

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Asana will make you beautiful, meditation will make you wise, and chanting will set you free!