Jiva - Ashtanga Yoga & Breath

Jiva is the living soul — a daily ritual for those who practice yoga as it was first written down.

THE DAY · ONE RITUAL
Every day Jiva opens with the same structure: two sutras to read, two pranayama practices to breathe, one ashtanga program to hold. Not a feed. Not a recommendation. The ritual itself is the teaching.

THE 196 YOGA SUTRAS
The full text of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras in English with Sanskrit (IAST and Devanagari), and five classical commentaries — Vyasa, Vachaspati Mishra, Bhoja, Shankara, James Haughton Woods. Two sutras open each day. Read, sit with one. The texts you witness quietly become a 14-day cycle that closes a chakra form.

THE BODY · ASHTANGA YOGA
Patanjali's eight-limbed path applied to the body — true ashtanga yoga, not modern hot-yoga. 20 structured ashtanga programs from Foundation to Maha-Sadhana: gentle openers, primary-series echoes, backbend mastery, arm balances, inversion practice, closing ritual. Each asana shown in 360-degree rotation — study the pose from every angle, no tutorials, the form itself is the teaching. Breath-paced, intention-held, aligned with the ashtanga lineage.

THE BREATH · PRANAYAMA
19 pranayama practices mapped to haptic patterns — feel the breath rather than count it. Four families — activating, balancing, cooling, vagal-tone — plus full programs (Buteyko, Sudarshan Kriya). Ujjayi, kapalabhati, bhramari, anuloma-viloma, bahya-kumbhaka, and more. A 7-bowl backdrop for those who prefer silence.

THE FORMS · CHAKRA PROGRESSION
Each of the seven chakras has five forms — muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddha, ajna, sahasrara. Four forms are earned through practice XP — breath and asana. The fifth is earned only by reading. The progression is structural, not gamified.

THE DIARY · DHARANA
Every witnessed sutra, every breath cycle, every asana session lands in a single chronological diary — a record of your dharana day after day. Tap a row to expand. Note attached. Synced across devices via iCloud.

NO ALGORITHM. NO PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. NO LECTURES.
Jiva does not recommend, push, or rank. It opens at the cover of today's sutra. It closes when you have witnessed it.

SUBSCRIPTION
Weekly, Monthly, Yearly — full access while active. Lifetime — all 196 sutras unlocked forever, no renewal. Forms always earned by practice, not bought.

PRIVACY
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