As promised Ramaswami uploaded his Youtube tutorial to chanting the Yoga Sutras ( first chapter only so far)
Here are just the audio (downloadable) versions from Ramaswami's Vinyasa krama CHANT page
***Here is my Yoga Sutra chant all the 4 chapters. Recorded for my book about 8 years back when I was about 65 . Please share it with your yoga friends if you like it.
http://youtu.be/Y87Ktcar6R4 from Ramaswami's Sept 2013 Newsletter
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Learning to Chant Yoga Sutras Lesson I (128kbps MP3)![Ganapathi.gif]()
Learning to Chant Yoga Sutras Lesson II (128kbps MP3)![Ganapathi.gif]()
Learning to Chant Yoga Sutras Lesson III (128kbps MP3)![Ganapathi.gif]()
Learning to Chant Yoga Sutras Lesson IV (128kbps MP3)
Other Yoga Sutra resources from Ramaswami
Ramaswami has been a student of Prof. Krishnamacharya for over two decades in the theory and practice of Yoga. Apart from Yogasanas and Pranayama, he has studied yoga texts such as Patanjala Yogasutras, Samkhya Karika, Hathayoga- pradipika. UpanishadsasChandogya,Taithiriya, Svetasvatara,Isavasya,the Gita etc., adhyayana(chanting) of the whole of Taithiriya Aranyaka of Yajur Veda and Upanishads, Mantraprasanam etc., all from the Acharya. He has also had yoga lessonsfrom Sri T. K. V. Desikachar, and has written a seriesof articles on Yoga, and also contributed to a few journals. S. Ramaswami holds a masters degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University, and has had teaching experiencein Indian universities. He has been teaching yoga practice and also the texts for over fiveyears.
David Hurwitz (Author), Srivatsa Ramaswami (Contributor)
This is a brief guide to the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali. It is brief by way of being practical. After stating the goal of Yoga, it is basically an exposition of the eight limbs of Yoga Patañjali gives in Chapter two and the beginning of Chapter three of his Yoga Sutras.
Book and CD by Pam Hoxsey
Local author and yogi, Pam Hoxsey, learned to chant the Yoga Sutras from Srivatsa Ramaswami, who learned them from his teacher. T. Krishnamacharya. They met one-on-one for two hours each morning in two-week intervals, repeated over three years. They chanted the sutras, and then Ramaswami would discuss their meanings. This book--and the CD--is the result of their meetings together.
This version of the Yoga Sutras is comprehensive. Each sutra is written as a phrase, followed by a word-by-word translation, and then a summary of its meaning. In addition, a “tacit question” is often proposed to suggest what topic is being explained. Sometimes there are additional short “notes” to further aid in understanding.
At the end of the book is Ramaswami’s handwritten Sanskrit, followed by the chant phrases written in English with red and blue markings to indicate where the pitch goes up and down. And then there’s the CD by Pam, who has a beautiful voice, chanting the sutras. So you can both read the Yoga Sutras and learn to chant them as they were originally chanted and passed on through the centuries before Patanjali wrote them down.
You can order the book directly from Pam by calling 847.328.4246.