Collated Related Short Posts & Quotes:

“Yoga is about a fusion
of the dual skills of
being somewhere
amidst
not going anywhere.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 12

“In Sūtra 1.29 Patañjali suggests there
is a dual outcome to our Japa Sādhana.
Both as an experience of Cetana and also
as an absence of obstacles as distractions.
How can this be so?”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 29

“In introducing the dual Upāya
within the role of the Sādhana Krama
outlined in Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two,
Patañjali introduces Kriya Yoga as a
Śamanam Sādhana, before integrating
its purpose into Aṣṭāṅga Yoga with its
deeper intention as a Śodhanam Sādhana.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two

“The purpose of Āsana and Prāṇāyāma are twofold,
to reduce symptoms of ill-health or,
to prepare the mind towards fulfilling the
main emphasis of Patañjali, which is Meditation.
However according to the teaching I have received,
both of these roles can be fulfilled with relatively
few Āsana postures and Prāṇāyāma techniques.”
– TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 28