What can a theory and practice developed by a Jewish physician in early 20th-century Vienna for the cure of modern neurotics, and meditation techniques developed by the Brahman caste in 6th century BC India, possibly have in common? T.K.V. Desikachar and Hellfried Krusche seem to sense commonalties between them; Freud and Yoga is their attempt to discover and describe that common ground. The book takes the examination of the ancient sage Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as its jumping-off point for exploring how the two philosophies compare. Freud and Yoga is structured as a dialogue between Krusche, a European psychoanalyst, and Desikachar, a yoga master. Their musings on the two subjects should be enlightening for both yoga practitioners and psychoanalysts. The ancient text consists of close to 200 sutras (which are terse aphorisms that together constitute a methodical elucidation of what yoga is, how it is realized, and the obstacles to its realization). The term sutra