Mnemonics: Patanjali's Kleśas Song

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#8 Patanjali's Kleśas Song

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#8 Patanjali's Kleśas Song

This episode features a song to help you remember the Kleśas, as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras.

Derek Pashupa Goodwin

Apr 27, 2023

Transcript

I have struggled a bit with remembering the kleśas, the five poisons or mental afflictions that keep us from yoga. I was inspired by the talk with Austin Sanderson about Patanjali and the Kleshas, so I grabbed some soundbites and make a beautiful little song to help you remember the kleshas.

Patanjali's Kleśas Song was written and recorded in a Providence, Rhode Island hotel where I was staying to help my friend recover from a surgery. As the fates would have it, I ended up getting a surgery three days after I returned from helping her. The process gave me some time and to meditate on the kleśas, experience them, and report back.

Song begins: 05:40

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Are you a yoga teacher who likes to inject fun into your practice while absorbing the deeper teachings of yoga? Host Derek Goodwin shares music, mantras and mnemonics to help you remember yoga philosophy, anatomy, and Sanskrit. Featuring insightful interviews with yoga teachers, anatomy geeks, scholars of Sanskrit, yoga philosophers, and memory scientists.

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