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cYs Foundation Yoga Sutra Study Programme Topics & Schedule

The Foundation Yoga Sutra Study topics total over 40 hours through:

Yoga Practice – 9.0 hours

  • Practical learning skills from the Yoga Sutra to refine your practice.
  • Linking the Yoga Sutra to help develop and deepen your practice.

Yoga Sutra – 30.0 hours

  • Exploring some key concepts that surround this teaching on Yoga.
  • How the four chapters can link to personal practice goals.
  • In depth overview of the structure of each chapter.
  • What are the key sutra in each chapter.
  • In depth exploration of the key sutra in each chapter
  • Linking each chapter to the meditative path in Yoga.
  • Which concepts from each chapter are most relevant to us.
  • How to prioritize short term and long term goals in Yoga.
  • Learning to read the Sutra signposts for our personal journey.
  • Why the view is the foundation for practice and life.
  • Learning to look from the Yoga Sutra at our relationship with others.
  • Linking the Sutra to the ebb and flow of daily life.

Course Review and Home Study Guidance – 3.0 hours

  • Informal guidelines of a practical nature through review, reading, questions for reflection and personal practice.

The Foundation Yoga Sutra Study Weekend Schedule

Saturday

  • 9.30 – Onwards for refreshments
  • 10.00 – Prompt Start introducing the days theme
  • 10.15 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 11.15 – Break
  • 11.30 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 12.30 – Yoga Practice
  • 1.00 – Lunch
  • 2.00 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 3.00 – Break
  • 3.15 -Yoga Sutra Study
  • 4.15 – Break
  • 4.45 – Yoga Practice
  • 5.30 – Departures

Sunday

  • 9.00 – Onwards for refreshments
  • 9.30 – Prompt Start introducing the days theme
  • 9.45 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 10.45 – Break
  • 11.00 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 12.00 – Yoga Practice
  • 12.30 – Lunch
  • 1.30 – Yoga Sutra Study
  • 2.30 – Break
  • 2.45 -Yoga Sutra Study
  • 3.15 – Yoga Practice
  • 3.45 – Closing and Review
  • 4.00 – Departures

Download the Foundation Yoga Sutra Study Programme details as a PDF file

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And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice
there is little we can do to change until we notice
how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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