Yoga is to still the patterning of consciousness.
Then pure awareness can abide in its very nature.
Otherwise awareness takes itself to be the patterns
of consciousness.

- Chip Hartranft, The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali

Through the millennia yoga has evolved into a variety of practices, methods and techniques.

With the intention of bringing awareness to the present moment.

And cultivating a state of restful alertness and presence along a continuum of action, thought and Being.

For almost 2000 years many have considered the Yoga Sutra an expression of the essence of yoga.

. . . when the mind is still, our true nature begins to reveal itself.

Out of stillness, like the early morning mist on the lake, emerges a thinking that is not thinking — a wisdom beyond thought.

Out of stillness emerges, effortlessly, a subtle world of experience for which we had only longed until now. It is real. It rolls itself out in waves as we get still, quiet, concentrated and settled.

The path of classical yoga is organized around the relationship between inner stillness and wisdom.

We learn to be guided by the luminous wisdom of awakened mind, making choices that create happiness for ourselves, others, and the world.

Stephen Cope, The Wisdom of Yoga:
A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living

The art of living is multi-dimensional and every part of our life is enhanced by settling into subtler levels of thought. Experiencing infinite resonances of silence.

Opening to pure awareness . . .