Tantra of the Yoga Sutras: Essential Wisdom for Living with Awareness and Grace

by Alan Finger, Wendy Newton

A readable, accessible version of the ancient classic primer on the practice of yoga--interpreted by a contemporary Tantric yoga master.

The Yoga Sutras is Patanjali’s classic text on how to experience oneness ( samadhi ) within yoga practice. Serious yoga students want to bring the wisdom of the Sutras to their practice but often find the text impenetrable and difficult to relate to. Here, yogi and Tantric master Alan Finger offers an interpretation of the Sutras that is clear and immediately relevant—and he shows contemporary practitioners that samadhi is something that they can experience here and now.

Yoga is a process of spiritual evolution, and samadhi is as natural as breathing and available to all, because it is our true nature. Viewed through a Tantric framework, Finger shows us how the Sutras describe the yogic process that both leads us to the experience of samadhi and allows us to weave the wisdom and grace of that experience back into our everyday life.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

112 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2018

Reviews

[lea? · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing version of Tantra of the Yoga Sutras by Alan Finger who does an excellent job of explaining the sutras in a simple way that’s easier to understand and comprehend than the original. I’ll still have to read it more than once to get a full understanding simply because the yoga sutras have so much information and so much to understand that it can be overwhelming. Still it’s a life changing book nonetheless.

[Elizabeth]

Read this for my yoga teacher training.
I can't give it a rating because I'm still learning and wrapping my mind around it. What stood out to me most was the idea that our mind and perspective are limited (2.5)--very sociological. I also was really excited to learn about siddhis, which I have experienced. Now I have some kind of theory or framework for understanding them.

[Zoe Papaeracleous · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple but incredibly profound. A must for yogis who want to learn more about yogic philosophy!

[Jeana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far my favorite translation and offering of the sutras.

[Trice]

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[Marlee Waldman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to follow at times, but very good insight into the deeper philosophies of yoga and how to gain more for your mind from the practice

[Rowena · Rating 5 out of 5]

So well explained. Made me want to study the sutras in more detail

[Emily Kiefer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful depiction of the sutras. Easy to read and something I’ll always have by my side as a yoga teacher to incorporate in my classes.

[Jessica C · Rating 5 out of 5]

A yoga classic! Will be coming back to this over & over.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A concise, uncomplicated, user friendly look at the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.