This video is part of the series of 51 short videos, one for each sūtra in Book One of the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, designed to help you learn to correctly pronounce and chant the yoga sūtras, starting with Book One. The videos were done in conjunction with the publication of my Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali Meditation Deck, (https://melissa-townsend.com/products/meditation-deck) and can also be used with my book, The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali – A Visual Meditation. Book One, Samādhi Pādah. The images used in the videos are from the Book and Meditation deck. 

Each video starts with an om. I then say the sūtra (speaking), then I chant the sūtra, and you follow me, call-and-response. Sometimes we chant the sūtra a couple of times. For longer sūtras, I break it down and we chant it in parts. This is followed by a quick explanation of the meaning -- both the word-by-word meaning and how this creates the overall meaning of the sūtra. The sūtra is chanted again, and that's it!