Subhash Mittal. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (outlined briefly)

Electronic edition, Integral Yoga Studio, North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham. — 178 p.Subhash Mittal - Yoga teacher at Integral Yoga Studio. Certified Integral Hatha Yoga instructor (from Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville, VA). Also certified in Stress Management, Prenatal Yoga and Cardiac Yoga. Obtained yoga teacher certification in 1996. After retiring from AT&T in 2005, currently devote time studying and teaching yoga.
Quote: "Whether you are a casual meditator or a seasoned one, you are familiar with the constant chatter that the mind likes to go back to despite your best efforts to stay focused on the object of meditation (mantra, for example). We need to develop a regular and uninterrupted practice of meditation. In the early stages of the practice, the mind continues to race through the thoughts that relate to the day-to-day activities in our lives. As the practice deepens we begin to experience brief periods of one-pointedness when the mind is able to stay with the object of meditation for some length of time. This is the beginning of the samadhi parinama state. This will correspond to what Patanjali has termed as "savitarka samadhi" as defined in sutra 1.42. Once we get there, then deepening the practice further can lead us to the subsequent stages of transformation."