The Yoga of Love

This program explores the human condition and the inner turmoil of the heart through the lens of key yogic texts, including the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gītā, Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra.

Sessions will focus on the purification and awakening of the heart, the divine call to transcendence through sacred love, and the role of yoga in sustaining higher consciousness in everyday life. Themes such as the capacity to “move deeply into the space within the heart” (praṇidhāna) and how to enter into the state of “total ecstatic absorption” (samādhi) in which one experiences the “all-embracing divine reality” (kaivalya) will be examined.

Together we will explore how the heart serves as the true seat of inner transformation and spiritual realization. Graham will be drawing from his new book, The Yoga of Love: Krishna and the Rāsa Līlā from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Oxford University Press, 2025). Each session will open and close with several minutes of tranquil meditational sounds of the voice and harmonium as well as group connecting and sharing throughout.

All levels of yoga practitioners most welcomed.