All varieties of yoga practice aim at realizing one’s divine essence, but the wide range of yoga teachings can be confusing. This very practical course aims to equip students to interpret yoga teachings for themselves by gaining an understanding the most fundamental concepts of yoga through the Bhagavad-gita, yoga’s most essential text.

Subjects to be covered:
Karma-yogam, Jnana-yoa, Bhakti-yoga, The relation between the mind, intelligence, ego, and self & The relevance of asana practice in yoga

Kaustubha das is the director of The Bhakti Collective and editor of BhaktiCollective.com. He serves as a pujari for Shri Shri Radha Damodara of the Broome Street Temple / Ashtanga Yoga New York and teaches Ashtanga Yoga at The Bhakti Center in New York City. He has studied the Gita and Bhakti philosophy for over twenty years in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.