to Register, first purchase the $45 pricing option and then reserve your spot in the Workshop on the Schedule page.

About the Event

$45 preregister, $50 at the door

2:00-4:00pm PST

Sunday, September 25th

Love Story Valencia

Yoga Sutras Sangha with Melissa Townsend

It is said that you don’t work with the Yoga Sūtras. They work on you.

Finding a creative point of entry to a spiritual text like the Yoga Sūtras is one way to develop and nurture a personal relationship with the text and, thereby, with spiritual practice. It is a rich and joyous way to approach the material and to let the material find its own, tailored-to-you way to open your heart and soul.

Using traditional methods (chanting the Sanskrit and looking at translations) as well as working in non-predetermined ways (drawing and writing ), we'll dig into this text and tap into it's transformative potential. A profound understanding dawns that we are so much more than we thought we were: Tadā draṣhṭuḥ sva-rūpe ‘vasthānam!

This workshop is appropriate for people at any level of knowledge or familiarity with the Yoga Sūtras. No particular knowledge of the Yoga Sutras or of Sanskrit (or of Art, for that matter!) is needed. The point is to build your own intuitive connection to the material.

Bio:

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 Sūtras of Patanjali: A Visual Meditation. Book One, Samādhi Pādaḥ and Book Two, Sādhana Pādaḥ. The books have been featured in Namarupa Magazine, Yoga Journal, and on Yogaland podcast. Melissa's artwork and poems have been shown in venues such as The Whitney Museum, The Drawing Center, and The Knitting Factory. She has been featured in the New York Times among other magazines and periodicals. Melissa graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude. Visit her website for more information.