Jessa-Manuela admits that committing to Patanjali's eightfold path isn't easy. Next week, the Happiness Lab will continue its investigation of spiritual traditions from South Asia. We'll meet a scholar who'll help us explore the tenets of Sikhism and we'll see that committing to the full humanity of all people may be a quicker path to well-being than we expect.
We often think of yoga as a physical exercise - but a centuries-old Sanskrit text, The Yoga Sutras, share teachings intended to improve both the body and mind. The author, Patanjali, makes clear that the poses and stretches are only part of picture - we also need to be kind, contemplative and grounded.
Jessamyn Stanley (yoga teacher and author of Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance) takes Dr Laurie Santos through Patanjali's text - saying its lessons "can be applied in every circumstance, no matter who you are or where you are".
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