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Class Notes – 20th May 2017 – Rowville

Date: 20th May 2017

Location: Rowville

In today’s class, Rajendraji elaborated upon the Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.30 which explains Nine obstacles in the path of Yoga Sadhana.

  • vyaadi – Illness of the body
  • staanya – Illness of the mind
  • samshaya – Doubt
  • pramaada – Unknowingly treading the wrong path 
  • aalasya – Laziness
  • avirati – Too much of indulgence
  • bhrantidarshana – Hallucination
  • aalabdha bhoomikatva – No consistency
  • avasthi tatvaani – Instability

Please watch the video for explanation of each of the nine obstacles.

Rajendraji then guided us to perform asana and 15 rounds of Surya Namaskara followed by Yoga Nidra.

During Pranayama phase of the class, Rajendraji spoke about Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

We concluded the class by practising Mudra and Bandha along with Vasudeva Kriya Yoga.