Yoga Studies
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Yoga Studies
@yogastudies.bsky.social
Based in the English Cotswolds Hills, Paul offers Yoga Learning one-to-one, both live or online, to individuals whether for self recovery, personal development or professional application and outreaches through his Yoga Journal and Yoga Freenotes website.
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“Īśvara Praṇidhānā is from the Yoga Sūtra
and is mentioned more than once.
It is given on three levels and
both presented and utilised
in Chapters One and Two.
In Chapter Two Patañjali mentions
Īśvara Praṇidhānā as part of Kriya Yoga...."
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yogastudies.org/2nk1
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YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY
4. Yoga and Spirituality
Question:
How do you define spirituality from the point of view of Yoga?
Desikachar:
What are we seeking?
Within every intelligent human being there are deep, searching questions -
Who....
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yogastudies.org/une5
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
ĀSANA PLANNING QUESTION EXAMPLE ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO KRAUÑCĀSANA
Example sketch from a one-to-one Yoga teaching theory session.
With an Āsana planning question on a 25′ long practice, focused around improving access to Krauñcāsana, for an intermediate level Āsana practitioner.
yogastudies.org/y6h9
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
LEARNING SUPPORT FOR CHANTING THE ŚIVA MANTRA
– Namas Tārāya
– Ghana Pāṭhaḥ
– Learning Rhythm
– Private Recording of TKV Desikachar by Paul Harvey
– To Download or Listen as MP3
– To Download the Chant Sheet in Romanised Saṃskṛta with Notations
yogastudies.org/8saa
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY
3. Yoga and Psychology

Question:
Do you think that a Yoga teacher in the West should go through some therapy or analysis in order to be aware of the developments in this field and to meet the growing demand for...

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yogastudies.org/2t5a
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“The Lord allows us to know the divine vision
which cannot be described.
We can then know that everything
is under the supreme will.
This vision strengthens devotion.”
– TKV Desikachar on Gītārtha Saṃgraha of Śrī Yāmunācārya Śloka Fourteen
-Yāmunācārya Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Ten
yogastudies.org/mew6
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