About this Free Event

7:30 - 9:00pm PST

Friday, October 4th

Love Story Valencia

Join local artist, author, Sanskrit scholar, psychic, and yoga practitioner Melissa Townsend for a book release event and exhibition for the third in her series: The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali – A

Visual Meditation. Book Three, Vibhūti Pādaḥ!

Book Three is probably the most revelatory book of the Yogasūtra. This is where the real transformation happens – and it has nothing to do with the siddhis (attainments or powers) that are also addressed in Book Three. When you engage with Book Three, you might not fly or turn invisible, but you will encounter an experience of reality that challenges your understanding of what it means to occupy time and space here on Earth. Even if you were to experience one (or all!) of these remarkable manifestations – that would be incidental and even irrelevant in light of the expansiveness of consciousness that results from the internal practice of Yoga – which is the real subject of Book Three!

Come see and experience the sūtras in a new and revelatory way – via art. . Join us at 7:30 for a talk about Vibhūti Pādaḥ and a discussion of the work with Stephanie Snyder and Melissa Townsend. The book will be available for purchase. We can't wait to share this evening of art, discussion, literature and friends!

About Melissa
Melissa Townsend is an artist, writer, Sanskrit teacher, and internationally known psychic and astrologer. A Yoga practitioner since 1984, she teaches Yoga Philosophy and has translated, painted, and authored The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Visual Meditation (Books One and Two). She has also published two tarot decks and has written extensively about the Tarot and other esoteric arts.