SAMKHYA
It means "enumeration". Of the shad (six) darshans, or points of view of traditional Hinduism, is the one that greater antiquity is attribute . It is a dualistic philosophy that postulates a person of two eternal realities; Purusha, a consciousness that witnesses phenomena, and Prakriti, a seed of the cause of phenomena, composed of three principles (elements): sattva, rajas and tamas.
Roughly speaking, Purusha represents the spirit, Prakriti represents the matter and the gunas, devoid of any moral , are what connect Purusha to Prakriti. The yoga practices are the "scissors" that cuts the "threads" (gunas) and release the spirit of matter.
Samkhya is a philosophy that explains how the world manifests. It is the metaphysics of self-realization and yoga is the sadhana (practice) to achieve the libertation.
Although we do not teach "theoretical" samkhya classes, this will be the philosophy underlying the yoga we teach.
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