The Raja Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Course teacher:
Swami Durgananda is Yoga Acharya for Europe and senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda. She directs the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Europe and teaches yoga philosophy at the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Courses around the world, sharing the inspiration of over 30 years of teaching experience. Her book, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, contain her commentary on this most important of yoga scriptures.

Course book:
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with commentary of Swami Durgananda

Topics covered during the course:
• The 8 steps of Raja yoga
• Overcoming the Kleshas (cause of suffering)
• Yamas and Niyamas: refining the mind
• Understanding and sublimating lower emotions
• From concentration to Samadhi
• Kaivalya - Inner freedom