Patañjali
The codifier of yoga is traditionally depicted as half-human, half-serpent — an incarnation of Shesha. The grammar of yoga was given by a serpent.
Patañjali, codifier of yoga, is traditionally depicted as half-human, half-serpent — an incarnation of Shesha. The very grammar of yoga was given by a serpent. Every asana, every breath practice, every study of the mind that reached the West through the Yoga Sūtras has, at its root, a serpent-teacher.
The SGE Reading
Essence stage as *transmission*: the deepest inner technology humanity possesses was, in its own self-description, dictated by a dragon.
Canon Resonance
The canonical proof that the whole yogic layer of the saga is serpent-lineage.
A Micro-Practice
Sit for three breaths in the classical simplest asana you know. Say silently before beginning: *this is a serpent's grammar.*
Sources & Respect
*Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali*; iconography of Patañjali (half-serpent form).
Living Hindu tradition.