What are Yoga Sutras?

With all the advancement in technologies, life is so fast and everyone is always busy. The connection between mind and body is often forgotten. With the recent popularity of yoga, it puts our mind back to the connection to our bodies. Since we are discussing about yoga, there is an ancient text that we should know, Yoga Sutras Patanjali.

There are 195 phrases in Yoga sutras Patanjali. It is written by Patanjali. There are also saying that Patanjali only compile the sutras. Since it is passing down verbally, it is meant to be easy to memorized. The history of this text can be traced back to about 2nd century. Yoga sutras Patanjali is base model for all modern yoga. It has great impact and influences over the development of yoga.