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Iyengar. Iyengar devoted his life to the evolution of his approach to yoga, which is based on the traditional eight limbs of yoga taught over 2500 years ago by the sage, Patanjali. Iyengar believed that yoga goes beyond being a physical discipline—it is also an art, a science, and a philosophy, that he developed with this in mind. Iyengar Yoga is a powerful and sophisticated discipline that can be practiced in all stages of life. 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What: A community coming together to support and sustain any transformative practice. Sangha is an integral part of a holistic yoga experience. When: Monthly on Fridays from 4:30-6:00pm beginning Jan. 30th. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 4:30-6:00pm (CST) Where: ZOOM will be hosted by The Yoga Place in LaCrosse, so you can sign up ahead of time here https://momence.com/The-Yoga-Place/Yoga-Sutra-Sangha-2026/128709129?skipPreview=true Fee: **This Community offering is FREE - OR- please donate to your respective region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243a24ef919db43f3fc07c8/f06361b5-8eaa-4e73-94a9-0399029b295e/Randy-teaching.png Events - Iyengar Yoga Workshop with Randy Just A rare chance to study in person with Randy Just (Level 3 CIYT), a dynamic, precise, and humorous teacher. When: April 17-19, 2026 Where: Goose Island, Chicago About the workshop: Randy teaches with clarity, care, and humor. You’ll receive direct guidance that meets you where you are. 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When: May 8-10, 2026 Where: Siena retreat center, 5637 Erie St, Racine, WI 53402 https://www.iyamw.org/sutra-sangha daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243a24ef919db43f3fc07c8/1cc0a8c9-0b1e-4023-bd5e-2d0764bd3ef4/Yoga+Sutra+Sangha+2026.jpg Sutra Sangha - YOGA SUTRA SANGHA - FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 4:30-6:00pm (CST) TOPICS: The Yoga of Action (Kriya Yoga), the obstacles we face (Klesas), and The Law of Cause and Effect (Karma) **If you miss any meetings of the Sutra Sangha, you will find follow-up blogs HERE . READ - Chapter TWO - Sadhana Pada, Sutras 1-15 Those who are new to The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali will find the second chapter to be the more “practical” steps and supports to your yoga practice. “We are like a man who has put his shirt on inside out and back to front. The only way he can rectify his error is to take it off, work out how it should be, and start again. Through yoga, we take off the shirt of our ignorance, study it, and put it back on correctly, as a shirt of knowledge” BKS Iyengar, pg 193 in “Light on Life” Questions and Contemplations for Discussion Kriya Yoga, the yoga of action, contains three aspects of practice - discipline, self-study, and surrender to a higher power - to overcome life’s obstacles. Which of these do you find has a larger impact on your life/practice? Which is most challenging for you? There are 5 Klesas (life’s afflictions), all stemming from AVIDYA, which Rohit Mehta describes as “To regard the habitual nature as the original” in his translation, Yoga, the Art of Integration. What habits do you mistake as “original” to your nature? What elements of your life do you think of as permanent or impermanent? Ego (Asmita) can be experienced as feelings that establish your place in the world, that “make you who you are”. How does yoga practice reinforce or challenge your experiences of who you are?? Attachment to pleasure (Raga) and life (Abhinivesa), and our hopeful avoidance of pain (Dvesa) all affect our experience of Truth or disturb the “stillness of our consciousness”. How does yoga practice help you identify these attachments? How do you face things within yoga that you would rather avoid? Caught up in the actions of life without reflection keeps us within the “wheel of karma”, the universal law of “cause and effect.” What does the idea of karma mean to you? How has the practice of yoga helped you reflect more deeply on the consequences of your actions? 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