…Commonly translated as “Yoga is the cessation of the whirlwinds of the mind,” and regarded as the definition of the practice of yoga, many practitioners understand this to mean the clearing of the mind. For most of us living normal modern lives, this seems like an untenable goal. I certainly cannot seem to get my mind to shut up no matter how hard I try!

It’s time for me to start writing about the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. As far as I’m concerned, yoga without philosophy is not really yoga, but just a set of exercises, and frankly, it’s the philosophy that has been life changing for me, not the postures. (Although, in all fairness, the postures have been…