The Yoga Sutras is one of the most comprehensive guidebooks written about pursuing a spiritual path. Robert Jacob’s rendering offers meditators a unique opportunity to explore the intricacies of their own spiritual practices and paths.

This comprehensive interpretation and analysis of the Yoga Sutras, one of the fundamental scriptures in the Indian yoga tradition, allows the reader to become steeped in the practices and understandings of the deep wisdom tradition of India. In his rendering, the author points to the universality of the teachings and practices in the Yoga Sutras, explaining how they form foundational elements of many spiritual paths.

Apart from his thoughtful analysis, Jacobs provides contemplations with each sutra that allow the reader to experience their subtleties and depth. From the book, readers should gain the following:

• A deep understanding of how to meditate using the breath and mantra.
• An understanding of one’s mind and its relationship to universal Consciousness.
• An understanding of karma, how it is created, balanced and finally resolved.
• An understanding and experience of what spiritual masters call “emptiness”.
• An understanding of the origins of the powers of Consciousness: will/intention, understanding, and action.
• For hatha yoga teachers, the book offers an in depth understanding of the full teachings of yoga and the part played by hatha yoga.
• For teachers of the Yoga Sutras, the book serves as an excellent text to impart the teaching of Patanjali to students of yoga.