Yoga Philosophy

  According to the Taittiriya Upanishad, a human being is composed of five sheaths or layers of existence, known as koshas. These include the physical body, the vital energy or life force, the mind, the higher intellect, and the bliss body. It is believed that these koshas represent the transformation of pure consciousness into energy … Read more

In chapter two of the Yoga Sutras, the author, Patanjali, states that the practice of Yoga must reduce both mental and physical impurities, and that with practice this will remove the obstacles to clear perception.  In the yoga class we quite often deal with the symptoms of imbalance or unclear perception in the body and … Read more