Ruben Vasquez

Unravel The Thread: Living the Yoga Sutra today

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Can the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali be applied today? Sutra means thread. Yoga Sutra is the thread of yoga. Most interpretations of the Yoga Sutra are complex and hard to understand. After investing more than 12 years studying, chanting and teaching the Yoga Sutras, Ruben Vasquez guides you on a journey exploring the wisdom of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. This ancient wisdom is relevant and applicable for yoga students and teachers today. Besides clear explanations and examples, each episode offers useful questions to reconnect to your natural clarity and harmony. Unravel the Thread is an invitati...

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Ruben Vasquez

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Jun 23, 2025

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Yoga Sutra 1.6 Ways of Being 07.04.2019

How do I know what I know? How do I know if what I think I know is true? What do I think? What are my dreams? What do I store in my memory? https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simpleyoga.substack.com...

Yoga Sutra 1.5 Know your Tendencies 01.04.2019

Are my inclinations useful or harmful? To what extent do I know my own inclinations? How do my habits manifest pj=physically, mentally and emotionally? Are my preferences my best friend or my worst enemy? How do my inclinations influence my perspective, decisions and actions? https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This...

Yoga Sutra 1.4: Misidentification 22.03.2019

What do I identify with? Which of the ways of being I identify with are temporary? How do my labels influence my perspective, my choices and my action? https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simpleyoga....

Yoga Sutra 1.3 Embodied Presence - Your True Nature 16.03.2019

This sutra tells us what happens when we can regulate our ways of being or internal activities successfully. What happens when you choose to stay with these wordless sensations and the combination of everything that you are feeling without having to add an opinion or a story? Is it possible that your true nature feels spacious, formless, ageless and nameless? Might it be possible that your true na...

Yoga Sutra 1.2 Yoga Regulating Ways of Being 10.03.2019

Are you participating wholeheartedly in your own life? If you tend to get distracted, start by becoming aware of your own ways of beings. Notice how they affect you. Discern between what you can control and what is beyond your control in your body, mind, breathing and emotions. https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ Th...

Yoga Sutra 1.1 Now, Yoga Practice 02.03.2019

Once you are ready, you choose to make a commitment to yourself and to your life by being present. Using playful curiosity to motivate you to keep returning to presence even after the many distractions that will happen. Cultivating gratitude can also help. You can also chant Atha or yoga sutra 1.1. https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon....

Who are you? 24.02.2019

Is there a difference between who you are and who you think you are? The first four verses of Patanjali's yoga sutra offer a complete framework for all yoga practices. These sutras are loaded with significance while also providing clear direction to modulate our ways of being in yoga practice and life. https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.ama...

What is Yoga? 18.02.2019

Refining the definition of yoga in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra: Yoga is regulating your ways of being. https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simpleyoga.substack.com/subscribe

One word Yoga Sutra summary: Presence 11.02.2019

Can the word Presence summarize the whole Yoga Sutra? https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simpleyoga.substack.com/subscribe

Why study de Yoga Sutra 04.02.2019

Can the Yoga Sutra be applied today? Understanding the meaning of yoga philosophy and its importance today. https://simple-yoga.org You can get your copy of the book Unravel the Thread at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737648202/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simpleyoga.substack.com/subscribe

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