by Mohit Khodidas | Continuing my mediations on the sutra. Let us look at the 2nd Sutra: योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२॥ yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ ॥ 1.2॥ Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind. Controlling the fluctuations - vṛtti - of the citta, the

by Mohit Khodidas | I believe that seminal texts should be read from primary sources with or without secondary texts serving as valuable guides and commentaries. For texts like Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, there is an additional issue of selecting the translation. Many works by great scholars exist. For Raga Marga

At Raga, we are very serious about Ayurveda, Yoga and associated scholarship. Over the past two years, I have been deeply interested in Indian philosophy in general, but particularly Yoga and Sāmkhya schools of thought. As I started practising some part of Ashtanga Yoga (with very little to no focus