The first four verses in the Yoga Sūtra Chapter One are very significant.

If what is offered here interests then proceed.

Also the first four Sūtra summarise the whole thrust of the teaching.

• Verse 1. Starting Point.
• Now follow the teachings of Yoga.
• Verse 2. Goal and Means.
• Yoga is the containment of fluctuations in the psyche.
• Verse 3. Outcome.
• Then the seer abides in its own character.
• Verse 4. Obstacles.
• At other times there is identification with the fluctuations.