Samadhi Yoga Study Group
Introduction to Samadhi Yoga Study Group — A Direct Path Through the Yoga Sutras
(6-Week Study Group |January 31 through March 14th, 2026)
Samadhi Yoga is a structured, experiential journey designed to illuminate the core teachings of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and support a gradual, authentic approach to Samadhi—the heart of yogic meditation. Rooted in the clarity of Vyaas Houston’s Yoga Sutras — The Practice, this study group is intended to help students step by step toward a deeper inner stillness and a more refined capacity for direct experience.
The intricacies of this process are explored in our advanced Kriya Yoga training program, however, the essential and basic practices are helpful for all yogic meditators, and so we are offering this course of study to all sincere students of meditation and yoga.
Six-Week Study Group: Foundations Through Vyaas Houston’s Teachings
This is a six-week study group exploring the essential principles outlined in Vyaas Houston’s work. This group will meet weekly. Together, participants examine the mechanics of practice, the transformative power of concentration, and the progressive stages of inner absorption. Sessions include guided reflection, discussion, and short practical exercises that reinforce the text’s most important insights. Session themes and reading assignments for each week will be provided after registration is complete.
A Pathway Toward Direct Experience
This Samadhi Yoga Study Group is designed for sincere practitioners who wish to internalize the Yoga Sutras as a living tradition. Each component of the process—scriptural study, guided practice, and long-term integration—creates conditions for a stable and progressively deepening experience of Samadhi. Students learn to recognize the inner movements of attention, refine the quality of awareness, and cultivate the silence where the Self becomes naturally apparent.
Book Study Group Dates
10-11:30 am Eastern Time
January 31
February 7, 21, 28
March 7, 14
Donation Basis
This offering is on a donation basis. Donations can be made at the end of the series or throughout. Email us for instructions on how to make donations.
Required Materials
Yoga Sutras – The Practice by Vyass Houston
Kriya Yoga and the Primordial Powers of Creation by Ryan Kurczak
Yoga Sutras – The Practice will serve as our source material for the study group. Kriya Yoga and the Primordial Powers of Creation is an exploration of Samkhya principles which are essential for complete understanding of the process described in Yoga Sutras – The Practice.
To Register
Please share the following information in the contact form.
According to the great sage Vyasa, “Yoga is Samadhi.”
In 2026, we gather in that spirit—to honor the possibility of Samadhi and to nurture the direct experience of it through sincere study and practice.
This year our focus at Kriya Yoga Online centers on the transformative teachings of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, explored as a clear map and living gateway to the regular experience of inner stillness. Through committed practice, reflection, and community support, we step into the heart of yoga’s highest purpose.
Join us for a year of steady growth, shared insight, and deepened awareness.
Let’s practice yoga together. Samadhi is not distant. It is cultivated, step by step.
Come explore its power with us in 2026.
Join us on retreat at the Himalayan Institute for a solstice celebration of yogic meditation. https://kriyayogaonline.com/kriya-yoga-and-the-sacred-fire-solstice-retreat-june-2026/
…and stay tuned for more offerings in 2026 to assist your cultivation of Samadhi.
Ryan Kurczak is a teacher in the Kriya Yoga tradition. He has been fortunate to have the guidance of Vyaas Houston for several years, while exploring the information and methods in Yogas Sutra – The Practice. Ryan has facilitated the successful integration of these processes with students of his advanced Kriya Yoga training program and is now inspired to share the simplified essential principles of the practice with any sincere student interested in beginning their path towards regularly experiencing samadhi through yogic meditation.
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